Zgornji Porčič () is a settlement in the
Municipality of Sveta Trojica v Slovenskih Goricah
The Municipality of Sveta Trojica v Slovenskih Goricah (; sl, Občina Sveta Trojica v Slovenskih goricah) is a municipality in the traditional region of Styria in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Sveta Trojica ...
in northeastern
Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
. It is now included in the
Drava Statistical Region
The Drava Statistical Region ( sl, Podravska statistična regija) is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest city in the region is Maribor. The region's name comes from the Drava River and includes land on both banks along its course thro ...
.
Name
The name ''Zgornji Porčič'' literally means 'upper Porčič', differentiating the settlement from neighboring
Spodnji Porčič (literally, 'lower Porčič') and ''Stari Porčič'' (literally, 'old Porčič', a hamlet of Zgornji Porčič). The name ''Porčič'' was first attested in written sources in 1338 as ''Purchstal'' (and as ''Purkstal'' in 1419, ''Purckstall'' and ''Purgstal'' in 1445, and ''Purgstoll'' and ''Burgstall'' in 1763–87). The name is believed to derive from
Middle High German ''burcstal'' (cf.
modern German ''Burgstall''), meaning '(elevated) fortification'. This may refer to a manor owned by the
Stubenberg noble family that formerly stood in Spodnji Porčič, or to prehistoric fortifications. The Slovenian name ''Porčič'' may be derived from the German name as a
diminutized hypocorism (''Purg-'' > ''*Porgec'' > ''*Porgčič'' > ''Porčič'').
Religious heritage
A
Neo-Gothic chapel in the village was built in the second half of the 19th century.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 24339
References
External links
Zgornji Porčič on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Sveta Trojica v Slovenskih Goricah
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