Šentvid pri Zavodnju ( or ) is a
dispersed settlement in the
Municipality of Šoštanj in northern
Slovenia
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. It lies in the Mozirje Hills ( sl, Mozirske planine) northwest of the town of
Šoštanj. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
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. The entire municipality is now included in the
Savinja Statistical Region
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.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Vid pri Zavodnju'' (literally, 'Saint Vitus near Zavodnje') to ''Šentvid pri Zavodnju'' 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.
History
On 22 February 1944 the Slovene
poet
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and
Yugoslav people's hero Karel Destovnik
Karel Destovnik, pen name and nom de guerre Kajuh (Slovene convention: ''Karel Destovnik – Kajuh'', 13 December 1922 – 22 February 1944) was a Slovenian poet, translator, resistance fighter, and Yugoslav people's hero.
Life and work
Kajuh ...
(a.k.a. Kajuh) was killed in fighting with
German troops in the hamlet of Žlebnik south of the main settlement. A simple
granite
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block marks the site.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 9619
References
External links
Šentvid pri Zavodnju on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šoštanj
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