Official Name: | Struževo |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Upper Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Upper Carniola |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Kranj |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.2516°N 14.3386°W |
Struževo (in Slovenian pronounced as /stɾuˈʒeːʋɔ/; locally Strževo[1] [2] and in older sources also Straževo,[3] German: Sterscheu[3]) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Kranj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It now corresponds to the neighborhood of Struževo in Kranj. It is located above the Sava River at the edge of the Naklo Valley. There is a railroad bridge across the Sava below the village.[4]
Struževo was attested in written records in 1497 as Strisew bei Nagkl.[5] It was also known as locally (and sometimes officially) as Strževo,[1] [2] and in older sources also Straževo[3] and Strževo pri Naklem.[5] In the past, the German name of the settlement was Sterscheu.[3]
Struževo was annexed by the city of Kranj in 1957, ending its existence as a separate settlement.[6] [7]
Notable people that were born or lived in Struževo include: