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Country
  
Slovenia

Statistical region
  
Savinja

Elevation
  
255 m

Local time
  
Monday 3:40 AM

Team
  
Žalec Gold Diggers

Traditional region
  
Styria

Municipality
  
Žalec

Area
  
3 km²

Population
  
4,878 (2013)

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Weather
  
8°C, Wind W at 5 km/h, 67% Humidity

Žalec ([ˈʒaːləts]; German: Sachsenfeld) is a town in central Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Žalec. It lies in the valley of the lower course of the Savinja River west of Celje. The primary economic activity of the region is growing hops, which is reflected by the city's coat-of-arms. The area was part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.

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Map of 3310 %C5%BDalec, Slovenia

Name

Žalec was attested in written sources as Saxenburc and Sachsenwelde in 1182 (and as Saschenvelde in 1232 and Sachsenfelde in 1256). The medieval German names are based on folk etymology from the Slovene name, probably the genitive of the plural form *Žalci. This in turn was based on the personal name *Zal and would mean 'descendants of Žal'. In modern German the settlement was known as Sachsenfeld.

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It was built between 1903 and 1906 on the site of a 16th-century church. The 16th-century building had a walled enclosure to protect the locals against Ottoman raids. A round tower from this enclosure still stands next to the church.

References

Žalec Wikipedia