Laze pri Boštanju () is a

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in the hills south of

Boštanj Boštanj may refer to: * Boštanj, Sevnica Boštanj ( or ; in older sources also ''Gorenji Boštanj'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p ...

in the

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in central

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. The area is part of the historical region of

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. The municipality is now included in the

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. It includes the hamlets of Rekštanj ()''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 80. and Zapuže.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Laze'' to ''Laze pri Boštanju'' (literally, 'Laze near Boštanj') in 1955 to differentiate it from other settlements with the same name. The name ''Laze'' is derived from the common noun ''laz'' 'cleared area in or next to a forest overgrown with grass'. This was originally a masculine plural noun (preserved in some other toponyms such as '' Dolenji Lazi''), but it became a feminine plural noun like similar toponyms (e.g., '' Laze pri Dolskem'', '' Zgornje Laže'', etc.) due to the ambiguous accusative ending in ''-e''.

Rekštanj Castle

The ruins of Rekštanj Castle (), a medieval

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first mentioned in written documents dating to 1392 and abandoned in the 17th century, lie north of the settlement on a hill above the right bank of the Mirna River.

References

External links

Laze pri Boštanju on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Sevnica {{Sevnica-geo-stub