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
Haloze () is a geographical sub-region of Slovenia. It is in the northeast of the country, in the Styria region.
General characteristics
Haloze is a hilly area, running roughly east–west bounded by the border with Croatia to the south and the ...
Hills in the
Municipality of Videm
The Municipality of Videm () is a municipality in Slovenia. It includes part of the flatlands south of Ptuj and extends beyond the Dravinja River into the Haloze Hills to the south. The area belongs to the traditional region of Styria. It is ...
in eastern
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, and ...
. The area traditionally belonged to the
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
region. It is now included in the
Drava Statistical Region
The Drava Statistical Region ( sl, Podravska statistična regija) 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 throu ...
. 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 that were born or lived in Trdobojci include:
*
Dejan Zavec (born 1976),
IBF
The International Boxing Federation (IBF) is one of four major organizations recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) which sanctions professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Counci ...
Welterweight ChampionČastni občani Občine Videm
References
External links
Trdobojci on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Videm
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