Straža pri Novi Cerkvi () is a settlement in the hills north of

Nova Cerkev Nova Cerkev () is a settlement in the Municipality of Vojnik in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the left bank of the Hudinja River northwest of Vojnik off the main road to Velenje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now inc ...

in the

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in eastern

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. It is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Straža'' to ''Straža pri Strmcu'' in 1953. It was renamed again in 1992 to ''Straža pri Novi Cerkvi'' (literally, 'Straža near

') after the restoration of the pre-communist name of the latter settlement. The name ''Straža'' is found in various

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, oronyms, and

hydronym A hydronym (from , , "water" and , , "name") is a type of toponym that designates a proper name of a body of water. Hydronyms include the proper names of rivers and streams, lakes and ponds, swamps and marshes, seas and oceans. As a subset of top ...

s in Slovenia. It is derived from the common noun ''straža'' 'guards, guard post', often referring to a place where watch was kept during the danger of Ottoman attacks.

References

External links

Straža pri Novi Cerkvi on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Vojnik {{Vojnik-geo-stub