Sveti Primož nad Muto

Place in Styria, Slovenia

Sveti Primož nad Muto Podlipje (1955–1994)
46°37′37.48″N 15°9′43.49″E / 46.6270778°N 15.1620806°E / 46.6270778; 15.1620806
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Carinthia
Municipality	Muta
Area
• Total	8.28 km² (3.20 sq mi)
Elevation	651.1 m (2,136.2 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	304
^[1]

Sveti Primož nad Muto (pronounced [ˈsʋeːti ˈpɾiːmɔʃ nad ˈmuːtɔ]) is a dispersed settlement in the hills immediately north of Muta in the historical Styria region in northern Slovenia.^[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Primož nad Muto (literally, 'Saint Primus above Muta') to Podlipje (literally, 'below the linden trees') 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.^[3]^[4]^[5] The name Sveti Primož nad Muto was restored in 1994.^[6]

Church

The local church from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to Saints Primus and Felician and was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1425. The nave is Romanesque with a Gothic sanctuary and a 19th-century belfry. It belongs to the Parish of Muta.^[7]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ Muta municipal site
^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
^ 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.
^ Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia: Sv. Primož nad Muto
^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 3200