Dramlje

Dramlje Trennenberg Šent Ilj (until 1955)
Dramlje
Dramlje Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°16′38.71″N 15°23′43.35″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Savinja
Municipality	Šentjur
Elevation	303 m (994 ft)
Population  (2020)[1][2]
• Total	423
[3]

Dramlje (pronounced [ˈdɾaːmljɛ]; German: Sankt Egidi)^[4] is one of the most populous settlements in the Municipality of Šentjur, in eastern Slovenia. The settlement, and the entire municipality, are included in the Savinja Statistical Region, which is in the Slovenian portion of the historical Duchy of Styria.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Šent Ilj (literally, 'Saint Giles') to Dramlje 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.^[5][6][7] Before the name Dramlje (German: Trennenberg)^[4] was applied to the settlement, it was a regional name referring to a broad region north of Šentjur, stretching from Vojnik to Ponikva.^[8] This regional name was attested in 1043 as Teramperch (and as Dremel in 1354, Dreming in 1377, Dremyng in 1401, and Dråming in 1450). It is of uncertain origin; it may be based on the personal name *Drama (indicating some kind of ownership) or may be of pre-Slavic substratum origin. See also Dramlja.^[9]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Dramlje include:

• Ivan Kolarič (1869–1894), poet^[8]
• Matija Vodušek (1802–1872), writer^[8]
• Fran Župnek (1860–1928), railway and waterworks developer^[8]

References

1. Razpotnik, Barica (2020-06-08). "On 1 January 2020, 2,095,861 residents of Slovenia lived in 5,978 settlements; 57 settlements were unpopulated" (Press release). Ljubljana: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 2021-01-08. final data (XLS attachment)
2. Prebivalci po spolu, občine in naselja, Slovenija, 1. januar 2020 [Population by sex, municipalities and resorts, Slovenia, 1 January 2020]. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (XLS) (in Slovenian). Ljubljana. 2020-06-08. Retrieved 2021-01-08. (note: for Šentjur, the municipality is at code 120, followed immediately by its settlements at codes 120001–120121)
3. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
4. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 34.
5. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
6. Premk, F. 2004. Slovenska versko-krščanska terminologija v zemljepisnih imenih in spremembe za čas 1921–1967/68. Besedoslovne lastnosti slovenskega jezika: slovenska zemljepisna imena. Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije, pp. 113–132.
7. Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
8. Savnik, Roman (1976). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. pp. 325–326.
9. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. pp. 123–124.

External links

• Media related to Dramlje at Wikimedia Commons
• Dramlje on Geopedia
• Dramlje on Google Maps (map, street view)