Brecljevo () is a settlement in the

Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah The Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah (; ) is a municipality in the traditional region of Lower Styria, Styria in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Šmarje pri Jelšah. Šmarje pri Jelšah became a municipality ...

in eastern

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. It lies in the hills south of Šmarje. The area is part of the traditional region of

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. The municipality is now included in the

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Tomaž pri Šmarju'' (literally, 'Saint Thomas near Šmarje') to ''Brecljevo'' in 1955. 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.

Church

The local

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is dedicated to Saint Thomas and belongs to the

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of Šmarje pri Jelšah. It dates originally to the 15th century but was extensively rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 3411

References

External links

Brecljevo on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah {{ŠmarjepriJelšah-geo-stub