Spuhlja (, in older sources ''Spuhla'',
german: Pichldorf
) is a settlement in the Municipality of
Ptuj in northeastern
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 east of the town of Ptuj, just north of
Lake Ptuj
Lake Ptuj (; sl, Ptujsko jezero) is a reservoir on the Drava River southeast of the town of Ptuj in eastern Slovenia. It is the largest reservoir in Slovenia and was created in 1978 when a dam for the Formin hydroelectric power plant was buil ...
(a reservoir on the
). The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the
Drava Statistical Region.
Name
Spuhlja was attested in written sources in 1294 as ''ze Puhel'' (and as ''Puͤhel'' in 1299 and ''Puhel'' in 1320). The name comes from the
Bavarian Middle High German
Middle High German (MHG; german: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High German and into Early New High German. Hig ...
prepositional phrase ''ze puhel'' 'at the hill' (cf.
MHG ''büchel'' 'hill'), referring to the local terrain.
For similar Slovene geographical names based on foreign-language prepositional phrases of location, compare ''
Cmurek'', ''
Crngrob'', ''
Cven'', ''
Dragonja
The Dragonja (; it, Dragogna) is a long river in the northern part of the Istrian peninsula. It is a meandering river with a very branched basin and a small quantity of water. It has a pluvial regime and often dries up in summer. It features ...
'', and ''
Sostro
Sostro (; german: Sostru''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna.) is a formerly independent settlement in the eastern part of the capital Ljublj ...
''.
References
External links
Spuhlja at Geopedia
Populated places in the City Municipality of Ptuj
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