Laze pri Boštanju () is a

dispersed settlement A dispersed settlement, also known as a scattered settlement, is one of the main types of settlement patterns used by landscape historians to classify rural settlements found in England and other parts of the world. Typically, there are a numb ...

in the hills south of

Boštanj Boštanj ( or ; in older sources also ''Gorenji Boštanj'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 86. german: Obersavenstein, , , or ) is a ...

in the

Municipality of Sevnica The Municipality of Sevnica ( sl, Občina Sevnica) is a municipality along the Sava and the Mirna Rivers in southeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Sevnica. Today it is part of the Lower Sava Statistical Region. It is th ...

in central

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. The area is part of the historical region of

Lower Carniola Lower Carniola ( sl, Dolenjska; german: Unterkrain) is a traditional region in Slovenia, the southeastern part of the historical Carniola region. Geography Lower Carniola is delineated by the Ljubljana Basin with the city of Ljubljana to the no ...

. The municipality is now included in the

Lower Sava Statistical Region The Lower Sava Statistical Region ( sl, Posavska statistična regija; until December 31, 2014 ) is a statistical region in Slovenia. It has good traffic accessibility and is located in the Sava and Krka Valleys, with hilly areas with vineyards and ...

. It includes the hamlets of Rekštanj (german: Ruckenstein)''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 80. and Zapuže.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Laze'' to ''Laze pri Boštanju'' (literally, 'Laze near Boštanj') in 1955 to differentiate it from other settlements with the same name. The name ''Laze'' is derived from the common noun ''laz'' 'cleared area in or next to a forest overgrown with grass'. This was originally a masculine plural noun (preserved in some other toponyms such as ''

Dolenji Lazi Dolenji Lazi (; german: Niedergereuth''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 50.) is a settlement north of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. The ...

''), but it became a feminine plural noun like similar toponyms (e.g., '' Laze pri Dolskem'', ''

Zgornje Laže Zgornje Laže () is a small settlement in the Municipality of Slovenske Konjice in eastern Slovenia. It lies in the hills north of Spodnje Laže. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the ...

'', etc.) due to the ambiguous accusative ending in ''-e''.

Rekštanj Castle

The ruins of Rekštanj Castle (german: Ruckenstein), a medieval

castle A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

first mentioned in written documents dating to 1392 and abandoned in the 17th century, lie north of the settlement on a hill above the right bank of the Mirna River.

References

External links

Laze pri Boštanju on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Sevnica {{Sevnica-geo-stub