Rodež

Rodež
Rodež Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°4′57.67″N 14°59′53.47″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Central Sava
Municipality	Zagorje ob Savi
Area
• Total	4.06 km^2 (1.57 sq mi)
Elevation	702.9 m (2,306.1 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	47
[1]

Rodež (pronounced [ˈɾoːdɛʃ]; formerly Sveti Lenart,^[2] German: Sankt Leonardi^[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region.^[3] The village includes the hamlets of Klenovik and Boriče.^[4]

Name

The name Rodež is derived from the common noun *rodina 'uncultivated land, fallow land', referring to the local geography. It is etymologically related to toponyms such as Rodik, Rodine, and Rodni Vrh.^[5]

Church

Saint Leonard's Church

The local church is dedicated to Saint Leonard and belongs to the Parish of Šentjurij–Podkum. It has a Romanesque nave dating to the 13th century onto which a new sanctuary was built after 1350. The belfry dates to the 16th century.^[6]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 94.
3. Zagorje ob Savi municipal site
4. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1976. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 459.
5. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. pp. 357–358.
6. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2457

External links

• Media related to Rodež at Wikimedia Commons
• Rodež on Geopedia