Country Slovenia Statistical region Savinja Elevation 323 m Population 59 (2002) | Traditional region Styria Municipality Vojnik Area 206 ha | |
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Tomaž nad Vojnikom ([tɔˈmaːʃ nad ˈʋoːi̯nikɔm]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Vojnik in eastern Slovenia. It lies in the hills east of Vojnik. The area was traditionally part of the Styria region. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region.
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Map of 3212 Toma%C5%BE nad Vojnikom, Slovenia
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Tomaž nad Vojnikom (literally, 'Saint Thomas above Vojnik') to Tomaž nad Vojnikom (literally, 'Thomas above Vojnik') in 1955. 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.
Church
The local church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Thomas and belongs to the Parish of Vojnik. It was built in a Neo-Romanesque style in the 1890s on the site of an earlier church first mentioned in written documents dating to the 13th century.