Tlake () is a settlement in the
Municipality of Rogatec
The Municipality of Rogatec (; sl, Občina Rogatec) is a municipality in eastern Slovenia, on the border with Croatia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Rogatec. The area belongs to the traditional region of Styria. It is now included ...
in eastern
Slovenia
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. The area traditionally belonged to the
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
region. It is now included in the
Savinja Statistical Region
The Savinja Statistical Region ( sl, Savinjska statistična regija) is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River. The region is very diverse in natural geography; it mainly c ...
.
Name
The name ''Tlake'' is derived from the Slovene common noun ''tlaka'', originally referring to voluntary collective labor, and later to
corvée
Corvée () is a form of unpaid, forced labour, that is intermittent in nature lasting for limited periods of time: typically for only a certain number of days' work each year.
Statute labour is a corvée imposed by a state for the purposes of ...
under feudalism. It refers to a place where collective labor was performed. Because places with this name generally do not lie near old
Roman roads
Roman roads ( la, viae Romanae ; singular: ; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Re ...
, the suggestion that the name is derived from ''tlak'' '
pavement' is unlikely.
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Tlake include:
*
Jože Šmit (1922–2004),
poet
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and
translator
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.
Rogatec Open-Air Museum site
References
External links
Tlake on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Rogatec
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