Podčetrtek

Podčetrtek
Občina Podčetrtek
Town and Municipality

Landscape in the Municipality of Podčetrtek

Location of the Municipality of Podčetrtek in Slovenia
Podčetrtek

Location of the Town of Podčetrtek in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°09′N 15°36′E / 46.150°N 15.600°E / 46.150; 15.600Coordinates: 46°09′N 15°36′E / 46.150°N 15.600°E / 46.150; 15.600
Country  Slovenia
Government
 • Mayor Peter Misja
Area
 • Total 60.6 km2 (23.4 sq mi)
Population (2002)[1]
 • Total 3,224
 • Density 53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02)

Podčetrtek (German: Windisch Landsberg[2]) is a settlement and a municipality in eastern Slovenia. The area traditionally belonged to the region of Styria. It is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[3]

Name

The castle in Podčetrtek was mentioned in written sources in 1209 as de Landesperc (and as de Lonsperch in 1213, de Landesperch in 1227, and ze Lantsperch in 1328, among other names). The name appears on a 1763–87 map in both German and Slovene as Landsberg Windisch Pod Tschetertkom. The name implies that the castle above the settlement was once called *Četrtek (literally, 'Thursday'). The motivation for the name is unknown. It may refer to the day that court sentences were handed down, to a market day, to a day of corvée, or to the day when the settlement was founded.[4] In the past the German name of the settlement was Windisch Landsberg.[2]

Castle

The castle was first mentioned in 1251. Most of the current structure dates to the early 17th century, when a two-story building with a central courtyard and two southern towers was built. It was adapted again in the late 18th century to the Baroque style, but retains its original features. After 1945 it was looted and fell into a state of disrepair, although the imposing building on a hill above the settlement is still an obvious landmark.[5]

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. The nave dates to the 14th century and the belfry is from the 17th century. In the early 18th century the sanctuary was extended.[6]

Olimje monastery in the Municipality of Podčetrtek.

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
  2. 1 2 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 14.
  3. ↑ Podčetrtek municipal site
  4. ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 312.
  5. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 4628
  6. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 3254

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