Runtole () is a settlement in the
City Municipality of Celje
The City Municipality of Celje (; sl, Mestna občina Celje) is one of twelve city municipalities in Slovenia. Its seat is the city of Celje, a regional center of Styria.
Settlements
In addition to the municipal seat of Celje, the municipalit ...
in eastern
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 in the hills north of
Celje, next to Lake Šmartno. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality 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 c ...
.
Name
Runtole was attested in historical sources as ''Landoll'' in 1458 (and as ''Londol'' in 1464); compare ''
Landol
Landol (; it, Landolo) is a village in the Municipality of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.
Name
Landol was attested in written sources as ''Landol'' in 1313 (and as ''Londol'' in 1335, ''Landovia'' in 1398, and ''Lanndaw'' in 1 ...
''. The Slovene name is an archaic
locative form of the German compound ''Rundtal'' 'rounded valley', referring to the local geography.
References
External links
Runtole on Geopedia
Populated places in the City Municipality of Celje
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