Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah
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Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah (; sl, Lenart v Slovenskih goricah, german: Sankt Leonhard in Windischbüheln) is a town in the
Slovene Hills The Slovene Hills or the Slovenian Hills ( sl, Slovenske gorice, german: Windische Bühel or ) is the largest hilly region of Slovenia, a smaller part is located in the Austrian province of Styria. It is situated in the northeast of the country an ...
in the Municipality of Lenart in northeastern
Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region. It is the seat of the municipality.


Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Lenart v Slovenskih goricah'' (literally, 'Saint Leonard in the Slovene Hills') to ''Lenart v Slovenskih goricah'' (literally, 'Leonard in the Slovene Hills') in 1952. 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.


Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah include: *
Vito Kraigher Vito is an Italian name that is derived from the Latin word "''vita''", meaning "life". It is a modern form of the Latin name Vitus, meaning "life-giver," as in San Vito or Saint Vitus, the patron saint of dogs and a heroic figure in southern I ...
(1911–1945), communist politicianŠubelj, Ljuba Dornik. 2005. "Podatki o dr. Vitu Kraigherju so bili državna tajnost." ''Arhivi'' 28(1): 77–85.


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External links


Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Lenart {{Lenart-geo-stub