Šentjur ( or ; in older sources Sveti Jurij ob Južni Železnici, ) is a town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat, and largest settlement, of the Municipality of Šentjur. The town lies on the Voglajna River east southeast of Celje. The settlement, and the entire municipality, are included in the Savinja Statistical Region, which is in the Slovenian portion of the historical Duchy of Styria.Šentjur municipal site
Name In older sources, the name of the town appears as Sveti Jurij ob Južni Železnici (literally, 'Saint George on the Southern Railway'), referring to its location along the Austrian Southern Railway from 1846 onward. The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Jurij pri Celju (literally, 'Saint George near Celje') to Šentjur pri Celju in 1952.Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS. The town was renamed again from Šentjur pri Celju to Šentjur in 1990.Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
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.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 3041.
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
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External links
Šentjur on Geopedia