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Primož pri Šentjurju ( or ) is a settlement in the
Municipality of Å entjur The Municipality of Å entjur (), named Municipality of Å entjur pri Celju () until 2002, is a municipality in eastern Slovenia. The town of Å entjur is the seat of the municipality. With an area of it is one of the larger municipalities in Slove ...
, eastern
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. The settlement, and the entire municipality, are included in the
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, which is in the Slovenian portion of the historical
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. The settlement includes the hamlets of Bozne, Brezne, Grabne, and Kote.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1976. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. pp. 338–339.


Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Primož'' (literally, 'Saint Primus') to ''Primož pri Šentjurju'' (literally, 'Primus near Šentjur') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.


History

The Roman road from
Celeia Celje (, , ) is the third-largest city in Slovenia. It is a regional center of the traditional Slovenian region of Styria and the administrative seat of the City Municipality of Celje. The town is located below Upper Celje Castle at the confl ...
to Poetovio ran past the settlement. A cache of weapons from antiquity has been found along the road.


Church

The local
church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...
from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to Saint Primus and Felicianus and belongs to the
Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...
of
Å entjur Å entjur ( or ; ) is a town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat, and largest settlement, of the Municipality of Å entjur. The town lies on the Voglajna River east southeast of Celje. The settlement, and the entire municipality, are included in th ...
. It was built in the early 18th century on the site of a 15th-century predecessor.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 3044
A church at the site was first mentioned in written sources in 1457, when annual fair rights were granted by Emperor Frederick III. The fair was moved to
Å entjur Å entjur ( or ; ) is a town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat, and largest settlement, of the Municipality of Å entjur. The town lies on the Voglajna River east southeast of Celje. The settlement, and the entire municipality, are included in th ...
in 1583, but then the two events were later combined at the church in Primož pri Šentjurju. The nave of the current structure was vaulted in the mid-18th century, and a bell tower was added in the first half of the 19th century. The main altar is from the second half of the 18th century, and the church also has a Baroque chalice from the mid-18th century. The side altars were created by Janez Rangus from Vojnik in 1853.


Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Primož pri Šentjurju include: * (or Guzej; 1839–1880), folk hero and outlaw *Josip Povalej (1869–1944), financial specialist and lawyer


References


External links

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Primož pri Šentjurju on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Å entjur {{Å entjurpriCelju-geo-stub