Rakovnik pri Šentrupertu ( or ; german: Kroisenbach
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 84.]) is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in the
Municipality of Šentrupert in southeastern
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
. It lies south of Šentrupert and east of
Mirna in the historical region of
Lower Carniola. The
railway line from Sevnica to Trebnje runs across the settlement's territory. The Municipality of Šentrupert is now included in the
Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Rakovnik'' to ''Rakovnik pri Šentrupertu'' in 1953.
[''Spremembe naselij 1948–95''. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.] In the past the German name was ''Kroisenbach''.
Notable people
* Count
Josef Anton Barbo von Waxenstein
Count Maria Josef Anton Guido Leo Joachim Barbo von Waxenstein (20 February 1863 – 11 May 1930) was an Austrian aristocrat, politician, landowner, and member of the Imperial Council of Austria-Hungary.
Early life
Josef Anton Barbo vo ...
(1863–1930), aristocrat and politician
References
External links
Rakovnik pri Šentrupertu on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šentrupert
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