Šikole () is a

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in the

Municipality of Kidričevo The Municipality of 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 now included in the Drava S ...

in northeastern

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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 in the

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Name

Šikole was first attested in written sources in 1374 as ''Sycolach'' (and as ''Sykhawlou'' in 1441 and ''Sycolach'' in 1493). The name is derived from ''*Šikovľ(an)e'', probably based on the root ''*šik-'' (cf. Slovene ''šikara'' 'thicket, bushes' and

Kostel dialect The Kostel dialect ( ,Smole, Vera. 1998. "Slovenska narečja." ''Enciklopedija Slovenije'' vol. 12, pp. 1–5. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 2. ,Logar, Tine. 1996. ''Dialektološke in jezikovnozgodovinske razprave''. Ljubljana: SAZU, p. 203. ; ...

''šikara'' 'steep area difficult to access'), referring to a local geographical feature.

Religious heritage

The village

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is a

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structure, built in the late 19th century.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 24787

References

External links

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