Šešče pri Preboldu (;
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 40.]) is a settlement on the right bank of the
Savinja River in the
Municipality of Prebold in east-central
Slovenia
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. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
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. The municipality is now included in the
Savinja Statistical Region
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.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Šešče'' to ''Šešče pri Preboldu'' (literally, 'Šešče near
Prebold') in 1952. Šešče was attested in written sources in 1265–67 as ''Gehsitz'' (and as ''Zesitsch'' in 1350, ''Sesiczach'' in 1424, and ''Sesitsch'' in 1450). The medieval transcriptions indicate that the name was originally ''*Šešičane'', which is a plural
demonym
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formed from ''*Šešič'', and this in turn a
patronymic
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Patronymics are used, b ...
diminutive
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of a personal name with the root ''*Šeš-'' or a similar root, thus referring to an early inhabitant of the place. In the past the German name was ''Schöschitz''.
Cultural heritage
Parts of an
Early Iron Age
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burial ground
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have been identified near the settlement. It is part of a burial ground extending from
Pongrac in the Municipality of Žalec to
Sveti Lovrenc and numbering over 180
burial mounds
A tumulus (: tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, mounds, howes, or in Siberia and Central Asia as ''kurgans'', and may be found throughout much of the world. ...
.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 27277
References
External links
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Šešče pri Preboldu on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Prebold
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