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Country
  
Slovenia

Statistical region
  
Savinja

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+01)

Population
  
1,605 (2002)

Traditional region
  
Styria

Municipality
  
Prebold

Elevation
  
279 m

Local time
  
Sunday 3:48 AM

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Weather
  
3°C, Wind W at 2 km/h, 91% Humidity

Prebold ([ˈpɾeːbɔlt]) is a settlement in central Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Prebold. It lies on the edge of the lower Savinja Valley at the northern edge of the Sava Hills west of Celje. 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 3312 Prebold, Slovenia

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Pavel pri Preboldu (literally, 'Saint Paul near Prebold') to Prebold in 1952. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms. The settlement is also locally known as Šempavel (< Šent Pavel 'Saint Paul'). The name Sveti Pavel is derived from the church in the settlement, and the name Prebold is believed to be derived from German Prewald, in turn borrowed from Slovene preval 'mountain pass'. The name Prebold formerly referred to a part of the settlement known today as Graščina, but may have originally referred to the Vrhe Pass on the route from Prebold to Trbovlje.

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Paul and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It was built in 1898 on the site of a 14th-century church.

References

Prebold Wikipedia


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