Straža pri Krškem (;
) is a small
village
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in the hills above the left bank of the
Sava River
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northwest of the town of
Krško Krško (; ) is a town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the City Municipality of Krško. The town lies on the Sava River and on the northwest edge of the Krško Plain (), which is part of the larger Krka Flat (). The area is divided between t ...
in eastern
Slovenia
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. The area is part of the traditional region of
Lower Carniola
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. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the
Lower Sava Statistical Region
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.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Straža Svetega Lovrenca'' (literally, 'Straža of St. Lawrence') to ''Straža pri Krškem'' (literally, 'Straža near Krško') 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. In the past the German name was ''Straža bei Sankt Lorenz''.
History
During the Second World War, the Slovene population of the village was evicted and
Gottschee Germans were settled in their place. The village was joined together with neighboring
Dunaj, and the two villages were jointly renamed ''Lorenzberg''.
References
External links
Straža pri Krškem on Geopedia
Populated places in the Urban Municipality of Krško
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