Strnišče (, in older sources sometimes ''Sternišče'') is a small settlement south of
Kidričevo
Kidričevo () is a town near Ptuj in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Kidričevo. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region. The town is indu ...
in northeastern
Slovenia
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. It is the western part of the settlement of the same name that became Kidričevo after the
Second World War
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. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and cloc ...
. It is now included with the rest of the
Municipality of Kidričevo in the
Drava Statistical Region
The Drava Statistical Region () is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest city in the region is Maribor. The region's name comes from the Drava River and includes land on both banks along its course through Slovenia as well as the Pohorj ...
.
Name
The name ''Strnišče'' is based on the older German name ''Sternthal''
and appeared in print by 1895. The traditional Slovene name for the settlement was ''Prelogi''.
derives the name ''Sternthal'' from ''Sterenstall'' 'wether pen' (cf.
MHG ''stër(e)'' 'wether'), referring to sheep that were formerly kept there.
References
External links
Strnišče on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Kidričevo
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