Zgornje Poljčane

Zgornje Poljčane Poljčane (until 1957)
Zgornje Poljčane Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°18′9.73″N 15°35′0.72″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Drava
Municipality	Poljčane
Area
• Total	4.14 km^2 (1.60 sq mi)
Elevation	276 m (906 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	815
[1]

Zgornje Poljčane (pronounced [ˈzɡoːɾnjɛ pɔlˈtʃaːnɛ], formerly Poljčane, German: Pöltschach^[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Poljčane in northeastern Slovenia. It lies at the foothills of Mount Boč on the right bank of the Dravinja River. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Drava Statistical Region.^[3]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Poljčane to Zgornje Poljčane in 1957.^[4] The change was made because a new settlement called Poljčane was created that same year, when the former villages of Maharska Vas and Pekel were merged into a single settlement.^[5][6]

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Holy Cross and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is a Romanesque building dating to the late 12th century. It has a Gothic belfry. In 1895 the church was extended and re-orientated with a complete new nave added. The sanctuary of the original church was converted to a side chapel.^[7]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 194.
3. Poljčane municipal site
4. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
5. Savnik, Roman (1980). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 4. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 546.
6. Marinković, Dragan (1991). Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990. Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. pp. 61, 75, 80.
7. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage Archived July 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine reference number ešd 3264

External links

• Zgornje Poljčane on Geopedia