Official Name: | Sveti Anton na Pohorju |
Other Name: | Planina (1955–1993) |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Styria |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Carinthia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Radlje ob Dravi |
Area Total Km2: | 21.48 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 239 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.5752°N 15.2274°W |
Elevation M: | 646.2 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Sveti Anton na Pohorju (pronounced as /sl/; de|Sankt Anton am Bachern[2]) is a dispersed settlement in the Pohorje Hills in the Municipality of Radlje ob Dravi in Slovenia.[3]
The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Anton na Pohorju (literally, 'Saint Anthony in the Pohorje Hills') to Planina (literally, 'alpine pasture') 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. The name Sveti Anton na Pohorju was restored in 1993.[4] [5] [6] In the past the German name was Sankt Anton am Bachern.[2]
The parish church from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was built in the late 17th century.[7]