Sveti Anton na Pohorju

Sveti Anton na Pohorju (pronounced [ˈsʋèːti anˈtóːn na ˈpóːxɔɾju]; German: Sankt Anton am Bachern[2]) is a dispersed settlement in the Pohorje Hills in the Municipality of Radlje ob Dravi in Slovenia.[3]

Sveti Anton na Pohorju

Planina (1955–1993)
Sveti Anton na Pohorju
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°34′30.84″N 15°13′38.7″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionStyria
Statistical regionCarinthia
MunicipalityRadlje ob Dravi
Area
 • Total21.48 km2 (8.29 sq mi)
Elevation
646.2 m (2,120.1 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total239
[1]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Anton na Pohorju (literally, 'Saint Anthony in the Pohorje Hills') to Planina (literally, 'alpine pasture') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms. The name Sveti Anton na Pohorju was restored in 1993.[4][5][6] In the past the German name was Sankt Anton am Bachern.[2]

Church

The parish church from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was built in the late 17th century.[7]

References
  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 264. Archived 2011-08-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Slovene)
  3. Radlje ob Dravi municipal site
  4. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  5. Premk, F. 2004. Slovenska versko-krščanska terminologija v zemljepisnih imenih in spremembe za čas 1921–1967/68. Besedoslovne lastnosti slovenskega jezika: slovenska zemljepisna imena. Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije, pp. 113–132.
  6. Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
  7. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 2854


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