Šešče pri Preboldu (; german: Schöschitz
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 40.]) is a settlement on the right bank of the
Savinja River in the
Municipality of Prebold in east-central
Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
. The municipality is now included in the
Savinja Statistical Region
The Savinja Statistical Region ( sl, Savinjska statistična regija) is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River. The region is very diverse in natural geography; it mainly com ...
.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Šešče'' to ''Šešče pri Preboldu'' (literally, 'Šešče near
Prebold
Prebold () is a settlement in central Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Prebold. It lies on the edge of the lower Savinja Valley at the northern edge of the Sava Hills west of Celje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styri ...
') in 1952. Šešče was attested in written sources in 1265–67 as ''Gehsitz'' (and as ''Zesitsch'' in 1350, ''Sesiczach'' in 1424, and ''Sesitsch'' in 1450). The medieval transcriptions indicate that the name was originally ''*Šešičane'', which is a plural
demonym
A demonym (; ) or gentilic () is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place. Demonyms are usually derived from the name of the place (hamlet, village, town, city, region, province, ...
formed from ''*Šešič'', and this in turn a
patronymic diminutive
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of a personal name with the root ''*Šeš-'' or a similar root, thus referring to an early inhabitant of the place. In the past the German name was ''Schöschitz''.
Cultural heritage
Parts of an
Early Iron Age burial ground
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
have been identified near the settlement. It is part of a burial ground extending from
Pongrac
Pongrac () is a settlement in the Municipality of Žalec in east-central Slovenia. It lies in the hills south of Žalec. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.
Nam ...
in the Municipality of Žalec to
Sveti Lovrenc and numbering over 180
burial mounds.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 27277
References
External links
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Šešče pri Preboldu on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Prebold
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