Čreta, Vransko

Place in Styria, Slovenia

Čreta Marija-Čreta (until 1952)
46°16′42.13″N 14°57′3.44″E / 46.2783694°N 14.9509556°E / 46.2783694; 14.9509556
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Savinja
Municipality	Vransko
Area
• Total	2.2 km² (0.8 sq mi)
Elevation	896.3 m (2,940.6 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	18
^[1]

Čreta (pronounced [ˈtʃɾeːta]) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Vransko in central Slovenia. It lies in the hills north of Vransko. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.^[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Marija-Čreta (literally, 'Our Lady of Čreta') to Čreta 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.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Churches

There are two churches in the settlement. One is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and dates to the 15th century with 16th- and 18th-century extensions. The second is dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria and was built in the 15th century.^[6]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ Vransko municipal site
^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
^ Premk, F. 2004. Slovenska versko-krščanska terminologija v zemljepisnih imenih in spremembe za čas 1921–1967/68. Besedoslovne lastnosti slovenskega jezika: slovenska zemljepisna imena. Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije, pp. 113–132.
^ Urbanc, Mimi & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference numbers ešd 3503 & 3504