Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem
The Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem (; sl, Občina Cerklje na Gorenjskem) is a municipality in Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Cerklje na Gorenjskem.Upper Carniola region of
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 ...
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Geography
Sidraž is a hill settlement in a shady location east of Šenturška Gora on a saddle between Doblič and
Tunjščica
Tunjščica Creek (also known locally as Tunjica Creek) is a left tributary of the Pšata River in Slovenia. It is about long and has its origin at above sea level on the south slope of Mount Krvavec in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps
The Kamnik ...
creeks. The soil is loamy and there is a spring near the village.
Name
Sidraž was mentioned in historical sources in 1421 as ''Schydrachs'' (and as ''Sidras'' in 1449, ''Sydrasch'' in 1458, and ''Schidrass'' in 1475). The name is of unclear origin. A proposed derivation from ''*suhi draž'' is very unlikely for phonological reasons, and the village name is more likely based on a truncated personal name.