Photos • Location
Tlake | |
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  Tlake Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°14′57″N 15°43′00″E / 46.24917°N 15.71667°E | |
| Country |
Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Styria |
| Statistical region | Savinja |
| Municipality | Rogatec |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.69 km2 (1.81 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 261.7 m (858.6 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 301 |
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Tlake (pronounced [ˈtlaːkɛ]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Rogatec in eastern Slovenia. The area traditionally belonged to the Styria region. It is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. [2]
The name Tlake is derived from the Slovene common noun tlaka, originally referring to voluntary collective labor, and later to corvée under feudalism. It refers to a place where collective labor was performed. Because places with this name generally do not lie near old Roman roads, the suggestion that the name is derived from tlak ' pavement' is unlikely. [3]
Notable people that were born or lived in Tlake include:
- Jože Šmit (1922–2004), poet and translator. [4]
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Rogatec municipal site Archived 2009-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 429.
- ^ Rogatec Open-Air Museum site Archived 2011-08-09 at the Wayback Machine
| Settlements | Administrative seat:
Rogatec
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