Šentlenart, Brežice

Šentlenart
Šentlenart
	Šentlenart Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 45°55′11.73″N 15°35′11.60″E / 45.9199250°N 15.5865556°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Lower Sava
Municipality	Brežice
Elevation	156 m (512 ft)

Šentlenart (pronounced [sɛnˈtleːnaɾt] or [sənˈtleːnaɾt]; in older sources also Sveti Lenart,^[2] German: Sankt Leonhard^[2]) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia. It is now part of the town of Brežice. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.^[3]

History

Šentlenart was annexed by Brežice in 1981, ending its existence as an independent settlement.^[4]^[5]

Church

The church in Šentlenart is a chapel of ease dedicated to Saint Leonard. It stands on the site of a former chapel that appeared in written sources in 1443. The church was remodeled in 1840. It is believed to have been the original seat of the Parish of Brežice.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 77.
^ ^a ^b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 10.
^ Brežice municipal site
^ Marinković, Dragan (1991). Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990. Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. pp. 11, 104.
^ "Naselje Brežice". Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. Retrieved January 31, 2021.