Šentjur ( <small>or</small> ; in older sources Sveti Jurij ob Južni Železnici, )

Name

In older sources, the name of the town appears as Sveti Jurij ob Južni Železnici (literally, 'Saint George on the Southern Railway'), The town was renamed again from Šentjur pri Celju to Šentjur in 1990.

Church

The parish church, which the settlement gets its name from, is dedicated to Saint George (, colloquially šent Jur(ij)) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It was built between 1708 and 1721.

Notable residents

Notabvle people that were born or lived in Šentjur include the following:

  • Jeannette Ipavec Čampa (1817–1911), landowner, poet
  • Dušan Kveder (1915–1966), communist politician
  • Albin Paradiž (1879–1910), painter

References

  • Šentjur on Geopedia