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Podčetrtek ( or ; ) is a settlement in eastern Slovenia by the river Sotla. It is the seat of the Municipality of Podčetrtek. The area belongs to the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.

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Place details

Locality
Slake
Region
Municipality of Podčetrtek
Country
Slovenija
Population
578
Timezone
Europe/Ljubljana

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Podčetrtek
Settlement.image_skyline
Podčetrtek Castle 24.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
250px
Settlement.pushpin_map
Slovenia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
left
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
Savinja
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Podčetrtek
Settlement.area_total_km2
6.4
Settlement.population_as_of
2019
Settlement.population_total
578
Settlement.population_blank1_title
Ethnicities

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Name
  • Castle
  • Terme Olimia
  • Church
  • References
  • External links

Podčetrtek ( or ; ) is a settlement in eastern Slovenia by the river Sotla. It is the seat of the Municipality of Podčetrtek. The area belongs to the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.

==Name== The castle in Podčetrtek was mentioned in written sources in 1209 as de Landesperc (and as de Lonsperch in 1213, de Landesperch in 1227, and ze Lantsperch in 1328, among other names). The name appears on a 1763–87 map in both German and Slovene as Landsberg Windisch Pod Tschetertkom. The name implies that the castle above the settlement was once called *Četrtek (literally, 'Thursday'). The motivation for the name is unknown. It may refer to the day that court sentences were handed down, to a market day, to a day of corvée, or to the day when the settlement was founded. In the past the German name of the settlement was Windisch Landsberg.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Podčetrtek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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