Ruta, Lovrenc na Pohorju

Ruta
View from the Ruta train station (Drava Railway)
View from the Ruta train station
(Drava Railway)
Ruta is located in Slovenia
Ruta
Ruta
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°33′24.14″N 15°26′47.96″E / 46.5567056°N 15.4466556°E / 46.5567056; 15.4466556
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionStyria
Statistical regionDrava
MunicipalityLovrenc na Pohorju
Area
 • Total
6.53 km2 (2.52 sq mi)
Elevation
516.8 m (1,695.5 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
111
[1]

Ruta (pronounced [ˈɾuːta]) is a dispersed settlement in the Pohorje Hills above the right bank of the Drava River in the Municipality of Lovrenc na Pohorju in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.[2]

Name

The name Ruta is derived from the Slovene common noun rut, referring to a meadow on cleared land in a hilly environment. The Slovene noun is a borrowing from Middle High German rut, riute 'clearing'.[3][4]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Lovrenc na Pohorju municipal site Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Bezlaj, France (1995). Etimološki slovar slovenskega jezika. Vol. 3: P-S. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. p. 200.
  4. ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. pp. 363–364.


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