Hrastje pri Cerkljah (; ) is a small village northwest of Cerklje ob Krki in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.Brežice municipal site
Name The name Hrastje is derived from the Slovene common noun hrast 'oak', referring to the local vegetation. The name of the settlement was changed from Hrastje to Hrastje pri Cerkljah (literally, 'Hrastje near Cerklje') in 1953.Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS. In the past the settlement was known as Hrastie in German.
History During the Second World War, in the fall of 1941, the German authorities evicted 32 families from the village and settled Gottschee Germans in their houses.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1976. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. pp. 34–35.
Notable people Notable people that were born or lived in Hrastje pri Cerkljah include: Janez Gramc (1907–1972), Partisan soldier and combatant in the Spanish Civil War
References
External links Hrastje pri Cerkljah on Geopedia