Ženjak () is a locality of the settlement
Benedikt in the
Municipality of Benedikt
The Municipality of Benedikt (; ) is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia. Its seat is the settlement of Benedikt. Before 1 January 1999 it was part of the Municipality of Lenart. It lies in the Slovene Hills (). The area is part of the tradit ...
in northeastern
Slovenia
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. Until 2003, it existed as an independent settlement. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
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. The municipality is included 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 ...
.
History
In 1811, a
hoard
A hoard or "wealth deposit" is an archaeological term for a collection of valuable objects or artifacts, sometimes purposely buried in the ground, in which case it is sometimes also known as a cache. This would usually be with the intention of ...
of 26
Early Iron Age
The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progr ...
bronze
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals (such as phosphorus) or metalloid ...
Negau helmet
The Negau helmets are 26 bronze helmets (23 of which are preserved) dating to –350 BC, found in 1812 in a cache in Ženjak, near Negau, Duchy of Styria (now Negova, Slovenia). The helmets are of typical Etruscan civilization, Etruscan 'vetulon ...
s was discovered in the nearby woods. The village of Ženjak was of great interest to German archaeologists during the Nazi period and was briefly renamed ''Harigast'' during World War II. In 2003 it was merged into Benedikt.
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Ženjak:
*
Ivan Kramberger (1936–1992), politician
References
External links
Ženjak on Geopedia
Former settlements in Slovenia
Populated places disestablished in 2003
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