Kolovrat ( or ; german: Kolowrat''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 92–93.) is a settlement in the

Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi The Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi (; sl, Občina Zagorje ob Savi) is a municipality in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Zagorje ob Savi. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. The entire munic ...

in central

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

Upper Carniola Upper Carniola ( sl, Gorenjska; it, Alta Carniola; german: Oberkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jeseni ...

. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region. The settlement includes the hamlets of Kal, Plavišnik, Prevalje, Spodnje Vrtače (german: Unterwertatsche), Senčna Vas ( sl, Senčna vas), and Strma Njiva.

Name

The name ''Kolovrat'' is originally an oronym that appears several times in Slovenia (e.g., the Kolovrat Range); in this case, it applies to the Kolovrat Ridge ( sl, Kolovraška reber) north of the settlement. The name ''Kolovrat'' is believed to derive from the Slovene common noun ''kolovrat'' 'spinning wheel', which developed the metaphorical meaning 'mountain ridge'. In the past the German name was ''Kolowrat''.

Church

The

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...

in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and belongs to the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ljubljana ( sl, Nadškofija Ljubljana, la, Archidioecesis Labacensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Slovenia.Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...

building that was restyled in the Baroque in the late 18th century.

Kolovrat Castle

Kolovrat Castle (sometimes also ''Spodnji Kolovrat'', german: Unterkolowrat) is a castle built on a small hill southeast of the settlement (). It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1256. It was badly damaged in the 1895 earthquake. After 1945 part of the castle was restored.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 1115

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Kolovrat include: * Jakob Prašnikar (1784–1841), religious writer and benefactor of

Anton Martin Slomšek Blessed Anton Martin Slomšek (26 November 1800 – 24 September 1862) was a Slovene Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Lavant from 1846 until his death. He served also as an author and poet as well as a staunch advocate of the n ...

References

External links

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Kolovrat on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi {{ZagorjeobSavi-geo-stub