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Gornji Lenart Zverinjak (until 1927)
Gornji LenartLocation in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°55′47.96″N 15°34′21.96″E / 45.9299889°N 15.5727667°E / 45.9299889; 15.5727667
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Lower Sava
Municipality	Brežice
Area
• Total	7.26 km (2.80 sq mi)
Elevation	151.3 m (496.4 ft)
Population
• Total	235
• Density	32/km (84/sq mi)

Gornji Lenart (pronounced [ˈɡoːɾnji ˈleːnaɾt], formerly Zverinjak, German: Thiergarten) is a settlement in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.

Name

The name Gornji Lenart literally means 'upper Leonard', a designation that distinguished it from Šentlenart (literally, 'Saint Leonard'), which was annexed by Brežice. Until 1927, the settlement was officially called Zverinjak (literally, 'menagerie'), in reference to the collection of wild animals kept there by the owners of Brežice Castle. Locally, the settlement is also known as Tirget (< German Tiergarten 'zoo'), also a reference to the menagerie, or Čret (literally, 'marshland, morass'), referring to the local geography.

History

During the Second World War, in the fall of 1941, the village population was evicted in order to make way for the resettlement of Gottschee Germans.

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 10.
3. Brežice municipal site
4. ^ Savnik, Roman, ed. 1976. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 34.

External links

• Gornji Lenart on Geopedia

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