Jurklošter
Sign in to saveJurklošter () is a settlement in the Municipality of Laško in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Jurklošter
- Settlement.other_name
- Mišji Dol (until 1972)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kartuzija Jurklošter (4).jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Slovenia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Traditional region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Styria
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Statistical region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Slovenia
- Located in
- Laško Municipality
- Population
- +67
- Area
- +3.78
- Elevation
- +574.5
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Kartuzija Jurklošter (4).jpg
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Article
5 sectionsContents
- Name
- Cultural heritage
- Charterhouse
- References
- External links
Jurklošter () is a settlement in the Municipality of Laško in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region.
==Name== The settlement was first attested around 1145 as Geyrowe (later forms: de Giurio, Gyriov, Geyrach), all referring to the Slovenian prefix Jur- '(Saint) George'. The suffix -klošter means 'monastery' and the name Jurklošter therefore refers to a religious edifice dedicated to Saint George. The pre-1972 name of the settlement, Mišji Dol, also refers to a monastery because it literally means 'monks' valley' (mišji