Hrastje ob Bistrici
Introduction '''Hrastje ob Bistrici''' () is a settlement in the Municipality of Bistrica ob Sotli in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region; until January 2014 it was part of the Savinja Statistical Region.
Name The name of the settlement was changed from ''Hrastje'' to ''Hrastje ob Bistrici'' (literally, 'Hrastje on the Bistrica River') in 1953.The name ''Hrastje'' is derived from the Slovene common noun ''hrast'' 'oak', referring to the local vegetation.
Cultural heritage There is surface evidence and some architectural remains of an Ancient Roman settlement at the area known as Banova Njiva next to the Gorenje factory in the settlement. Although the site has been protected as a national heritage site by the Slovenian Ministry of Culture, it has so far not been investigated in any detail.
References
External links * Hrastje ob Bistrici on Geopedia