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Trdobojci
Trdobojci (; german: Terdoboitzen''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 235.) is a settlement in the Haloze Hills in the Municipality of Videm in eastern Slovenia. The area traditionally belonged to the Styria region. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region. It includes the hamlets of Spodnji Trdobojci (german: Unterterdoboitzen) and Zgornji Trdobojci (german: Oberterdoboitzen). Name Trdobojci was attested in written sources in 1440 as '' Terdowoycz''. It is believed to be a plural demonym (via ''*Tvьrdobǫd-j-ьci'') based on the Slavic personal name *''Tvьrdobǫdъ'', a clipped form of the older *''Tvьrdobǫd-je (selo)'' 'Tvьrdobǫdъ's village'. The first element of the compound name, ''tvьrd'', means 'hard', and the second, ''bǫdъ'', is an imperative of the verb ''biti''; the name ''Tvьrdobǫdъ'' thus meant 'be hard'. Notable people Notable people th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dejan Zavec Dejan Zavec (born 13 March 1976), best known as Jan Zaveck, is a Slovenian former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2015. He held the IBF welterweight title from 2009 to 2011, and challenged once for the WBA super-welterweight title in 2015. Zaveck is the only Slovenian boxer to have held a world title, and was named Slovenian Sportsperson of the Year in 2010. Early life Dejan Zavec was born in Trdobojci, Slovenia, then part of Yugoslavia. He spent his youth in Gabrnik in the Slovene Hills ( sl, Slovenske gorice) and in Ptuj. He developed an interest in boxing at an early age. As a teenager, he joined the boxing club in Maribor. Later he resided in Gabrnik and in the city of Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In 2006, he graduated from the Faculty for Physical Education in Novi Sad, Serbia. Professional career Early career Zavec started boxing at the age of 16. As an amateur, he fought in the 1995, 1997 and 1999 World championships. Zavec turned professional in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related |