Dramlje

Dramlje (pronounced [ˈdɾaːmljɛ]; German: Sankt Egidi)[2] is a settlement the Municipality of Šentjur in the Styria region of Slovenia.

Dramlje

Šent Ilj (until 1955)
Postcard of Dramlje
Dramlje
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°16′38.71″N 15°23′43.35″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionStyria
Statistical regionSavinja
MunicipalityŠentjur
Elevation
303 m (994 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total372
[1]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Šent Ilj (literally, 'Saint Giles') to Dramlje 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] Before the name Dramlje (German: Trennenberg)[2] was applied to the settlement, it was a regional name referring to a broad region north of Šentjur, stretching from Vojnik to Ponikva.[6] This regional name was attested in 1043 as Teramperch (and as Dremel in 1354, Dreming in 1377, Dremyng in 1401, and Dråming in 1450). It is of uncertain origin; it may be based on the personal name *Drama (indicating some kind of ownership) or may be of pre-Slavic substratum origin. See also Dramlja.[7]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Dramlje include:

  • Ivan Kolarič (1869–1894), poet[6]
  • Matija Vodušek (1802–1872), writer[6]
  • Fran Župnek (1860–1928), railway and waterworks developer[6]

References
  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 34.
  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. Savnik, Roman (1976). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. pp. 325–326.
  7. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. pp. 123–124.


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