Tomaž nad Vojnikom

Tomaž nad Vojnikom (pronounced [tɔˈmaːʃ nad ˈʋoːi̯nikɔm]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Vojnik in eastern Slovenia. It lies in the hills east of Vojnik. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]

Tomaž nad Vojnikom

Sveti Tomaž nad Vojnikom (until 1955)
Tomaž nad Vojnikom
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°17′14.15″N 15°19′37.39″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionStyria
Statistical regionSavinja
MunicipalityVojnik
Area
 • Total2.06 km2 (0.80 sq mi)
Elevation
323 m (1,060 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total59
[1]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Tomaž nad Vojnikom (literally, 'Saint Thomas above Vojnik') to Tomaž nad Vojnikom (literally, 'Thomas above Vojnik') 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.[3][4][5]

Church

The local church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Thomas and belongs to the Parish of Vojnik. It was built in a Neo-Romanesque style in the 1890s on the site of an earlier church first mentioned in written documents dating to the 13th century.[6]

References
  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Vojnik municipal site
  3. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  4. 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.
  5. Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
  6. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 3501


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