Videm pri Ptuju

Videm pri Ptuju
Sveti Vid pri Ptuju (until 1952)

Postcard of Videm pri Ptuju
Videm pri Ptuju

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°22′11.62″N 15°53′36.43″E / 46.3698944°N 15.8934528°E / 46.3698944; 15.8934528Coordinates: 46°22′11.62″N 15°53′36.43″E / 46.3698944°N 15.8934528°E / 46.3698944; 15.8934528
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Drava
Municipality Videm
Area
  Total 0.80 km2 (0.31 sq mi)
Population (2002)
  Total 451
[1]

Videm pri Ptuju is a settlement in the Municipality of Videm in eastern Slovenia. It is the administrative centre of the municipality. The area traditionally belonged to the Styria region. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Vid pri Ptuju (literally, 'Saint Vitus near Ptuj') to Videm pri Ptuju in 1952. 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

St. Vitus's Parish Church

The parish church, which the village was formerly named after, is dedicated to Saint Vitus. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1320. The current building dates to the mid-15th century with 17th-century Baroque additions.[6]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Videm 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 3482

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