Tlake, Rogatec

Tlake
Tlake
	Tlake Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 46°14′54.59″N15°43′1.87″E / 46.2484972°N 15.7171861°E Coordinates: 46°14′54.59″N15°43′1.87″E / 46.2484972°N 15.7171861°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
	[1]

Last updated March 07, 2019

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 Municipality of Rogatec is a municipality in eastern Slovenia, on the border with Croatia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Rogatec. The area traditionally belonged to the region of Styria. It is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. The municipality was established in its current form on 3 October 1994, when the former larger Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah was subdivided into the municipalities of Kozje, Podčetrtek, Rogaška Slatina, Rogatec, and Šmarje pri Jelšah.

Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a sovereign state located in southern Central Europe at a crossroads of important European cultural and trade routes. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. It covers 20,273 square kilometers (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.07 million. One of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia is a parliamentary republic and a member of the United Nations, of the European Union, and of NATO. The capital and largest city is Ljubljana.

The Savinja Statistical Region is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River. The region is very diverse in natural geography; it mainly comprises the wooded mountainous terrain attractive to tourists, the fertile Lower Savinja Valley with good conditions for growing hops, the Kozje Hills, and the Velenje Basin with lignite deposits, used for electricity production. In 2013 the region invested more than EUR 127 million in environmental protection. In 2013, the region accounted for 14% of enterprises created and 8% of enterprises shut down. The region has good natural conditions for agriculture. In 2013 this region had more than 11,000 farms, which is 15% of all farms in Slovenia, ranking the region right behind the Drava Statistical Region. In agricultural area utilised and livestock, the region was also in second place. The region is a well-known and popular tourist destination. In 2012, tourist arrivals and overnight stays in the region represented 11.1% of all tourist arrivals in Slovenia and 15.0% of all overnight stays. On average, tourists spent four nights there.

Name

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]

Corvée is a form of unpaid, unfree labour, which is intermittent in nature and which lasts limited periods of time: typically only a certain number of days' work each year.

Roman roads roads built in service of the Roman Empire

Roman roads were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. They provided efficient means for the overland movement of armies, officials, and civilians, and the inland carriage of official communications and trade goods. Roman roads were of several kinds, ranging from small local roads to broad, long-distance highways built to connect cities, major towns and military bases. These major roads were often stone-paved and metaled, cambered for drainage, and were flanked by footpaths, bridleways and drainage ditches. They were laid along accurately surveyed courses, and some were cut through hills, or conducted over rivers and ravines on bridgework. Sections could be supported over marshy ground on rafted or piled foundations.

A road surface or pavement is the durable surface material laid down on an area intended to sustain vehicular or foot traffic, such as a road or walkway. In the past, gravel road surfaces, cobblestone and granite setts were extensively used, but these surfaces have mostly been replaced by asphalt or concrete laid on a compacted base course. Road surfaces are frequently marked to guide traffic. Today, permeable paving methods are beginning to be used for low-impact roadways and walkways. Pavements are crucial to countries such as US and Canada, which heavily depend on road transportation. Therefore, research projects such as Long-Term Pavement Performance are launched to optimize the life-cycle of different road surfaces.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Tlake include:

Jože Šmit (1922–2004), poet and translator.^[4]

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References

↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
↑ Rogatec municipal site
↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 429.
↑ Rogatec Open-Air Museum site

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[1] Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia

[2] Rogatec municipal site

[3] Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 429.

[4] Rogatec Open-Air Museum site

Tlake
Tlake Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°14′54.59″N15°43′1.87″E / 46.2484972°N 15.7171861°E / 46.2484972; 15.7171861 Coordinates: 46°14′54.59″N15°43′1.87″E / 46.2484972°N 15.7171861°E / 46.2484972; 15.7171861
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
^[1]