Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah (; , ) is a town in the Slovene Hills in the Municipality of Lenart in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.Lenart municipal site It is the seat of the municipality.
Name The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Lenart v Slovenskih goricah (literally, 'Saint Leonard in the Slovene Hills') to Lenart v Slovenskih goricah (literally, 'Leonard in the Slovene Hills') 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.Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.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.Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
Notable people Notable people that were born or lived in Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah include: Franc Breznik (born 1970), politician Vito Kraigher (1911–1945), communist politicianŠubelj, Ljuba Dornik. 2005. "Podatki o dr. Vitu Kraigherju so bili državna tajnost." Arhivi 28(1): 77–85. Ožbolt Ilaunig (1876–1945), judge and author Janez Kramberger (born 1961), politician Franc Kramberger (born 1936), Roman Catholic prelate Camillo Morocutti (1893–?), politician and author Anton Murko (1809–1871), priest Luka Martin Tomažič (born 1988), legal scholar Marjan Toš (born 1957), historian and author Lojze Ude Jr. (born 1936), legal scholar Petra Weingerl (born 1987), legal scholar
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External links Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah on Geopedia