Strnišče (, in older sources sometimes ''Sternišče'') is a small settlement south of

Kidričevo Kidričevo () is a town near Ptuj in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Kidričevo. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region. The town is indus ...

in northeastern

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. It is the western part of the settlement of the same name that became Kidričevo after the

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

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. It is now included with the rest of the

Municipality of Kidričevo The Municipality of Kidričevo (; sl, Občina Kidričevo) is a municipality near Ptuj in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Kidričevo. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is no ...

in the

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Name

The name ''Strnišče'' is based on the older German name ''Sternthal'' and appeared in print by 1895. The traditional Slovene name for the settlement was ''Prelogi''. Davorin Žunkovič derives the name ''Sternthal'' from ''Sterenstall'' 'wether pen' (cf. MHG ''stër(e)'' 'wether'), referring to sheep that were formerly kept there.

References

External links

Strnišče on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Kidričevo {{Kidričevo-geo-stub