Sela pri Sobračah (; formerly ''Selo pri Svetem Andreju'',
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 102.] german: Selo bei Sankt Andrä
) is a small settlement in the
Municipality of Ivančna Gorica
The Municipality of Ivančna Gorica (; sl, Občina Ivančna Gorica) is a municipality in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Ivančna Gorica. Ivančna Gorica became a municipa ...
in central
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 northeast of
Šentvid, just off the regional road northwards to
Šmartno pri Litiji
Šmartno pri Litiji (; german: Sankt Martin)''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 94–95. is a town in the Litija Basin in central Sloven ...
. The area is part of the historical region of
Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the
Central Slovenia Statistical Region.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Selo pri Svetem Andreju'' (literally, 'Selo near Saint Andrew') to ''Sela pri Sobračah'' (literally, 'Sela near
Sobrače
Sobrače (; in older sources also ''Subrače'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 102. german: Subratsche) is a village in the upper val ...
') in 1952. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.
[Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. ''Geografski vestnik'' 77(2): 25–43.] In the past the German name was ''Selo bei Sankt Andrä''.
References
External links
Sela pri Sobračah on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica
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