Sveti Tomaž, Sveti Tomaž

Sveti Tomaž
Tomaž pri Ormožu (1955–1993)

1908 postcard of Sveti Tomaž
Sveti Tomaž

Location of the Town of Sveti Tomaž in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°29′0″N 16°4′46″E / 46.48333°N 16.07944°E / 46.48333; 16.07944Coordinates: 46°29′0″N 16°4′46″E / 46.48333°N 16.07944°E / 46.48333; 16.07944
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Drava
Municipality Sveti Tomaž
Elevation 294.7 m (966.9 ft)
Population (2002)[1]
 • Total 254
Time zone CET (UTC+01)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02)

Sveti Tomaž (pronounced [ˈsʋeːti tɔˈmaːʃ]) is a settlement in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Sveti Tomaž. It lies in the Prlekija Hills and was part of the Municipality of Ormož until 2006. The area traditionally belonged to the region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Tomaž pri Ormožu (literally, 'Saint Thomas near Ormož') to Tomaž pri Ormožu (literally, 'Thomas near Ormož') 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 was changed to Sveti Tomaž in 1993.[3][4][5]

Church

The local parish church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Thomas. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was built between 1715 and 1727.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
  2. ↑ Sveti Tomaž 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 3452
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