Struževo (; locally StrževoGlonar, Joža. 1933. Poučni slovar, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Umetniška propaganda, p. 361. and in older sources also Straževo,Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 54. ) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Kranj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It now corresponds to the neighborhood of Struževo in Kranj. It is located above the Sava River at the edge of the Naklo Valley. There is a railroad bridge across the Sava below the village.Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 243.
Name Struževo was attested in written records in 1497 as Strisew bei Nagkl.A. K. 1899. "Star urbar v ljubljanskem kapiteljskem arhivu." Izvestija Muzejskega društva za Kranjsko 9(4): 141–144, p. 143. It was also known as locally (and sometimes officially) as Strževo, and in older sources also Straževo and Strževo pri Naklem. In the past, the German name of the settlement was Sterscheu.
History Struževo was annexed by the city of Kranj in 1957, ending its existence as a separate settlement.Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
Notable people Notable people that were born or lived in Struževo include: Blaž Potočnik (1799–1872), poet, textbook writer, and religious writer Ivo Slavec (nom de guerre Jokl, 1916–1943), Slovene Partisan and People's Hero of Yugoslavia
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External links Struževo on Geopedia