Struževo (; locally ''Strževo''
[Glonar, Joža. 1933. ''Poučni slovar'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Umetniška propaganda, p. 361.] and in older sources also ''Straževo'',
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 54.] german: Sterscheu
) is a former settlement in the
Municipality of Kranj
Kranj (, german: Krainburg) is the third-largest city in Slovenia, with a population of 37,941 (2020). It is located approximately northwest of Ljubljana. The centre of the City Municipality of Kranj and of the traditional region of Upper Car ...
in the
Upper Carniola region of
Slovenia. It now corresponds to the neighborhood of Struževo in Kranj. It is located above the
Sava River
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at the edge of the Naklo Valley. There is a railroad bridge across the Sava below the village.
[''Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine''. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 243.]
Name
Struževo was attested in written records in 1497 as ''Strisew bei Nagkl''.
[A. K. 1899. "Star urbar v ljubljanskem kapiteljskem arhivu." ''Izvestija Muzejskega društva za Kranjsko'' 9(4): 141–144, p. 143.](_blank)
It was also known as locally (and sometimes officially) as ''Strževo'',
and in older sources also ''Straževo''
and ''Strževo pri Naklem''.
In the past, the German name of the settlement was ''Sterscheu''.
History
Struževo was annexed by the city of Kranj in 1957, ending its existence as a separate settlement.
[''Spremembe naselij 1948–95''. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.]
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Struževo include:
*
Blaž Potočnik Blaž may refer to:
* Blaž (given name), a masculine given name
* Blaž, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Blaž ( sr, Блаж) is a village in the municipality of Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated ...
(1799–1872), poet, textbook writer, and religious writer
*
Ivo Slavec (nom de guerre Jokl, 1916–1943),
Slovene Partisan
The Slovene Partisans, formally the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Slovenia, (NOV in POS) were part of Europe's most effective anti-Nazi resistance movement Jeffreys-Jones, R. (2013): ''In Spies We Trust: The Story of Western ...
and
People's Hero of Yugoslavia
References
External links
Struževo on Geopedia
Populated places in the City Municipality of Kranj
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