Struževo
Place in Upper Carniola, Slovenia
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Struževo (pronounced [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 | |
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  Struževo Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°15′05.78″N 14°20′19.09″E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Upper Carniola |
| Statistical region | Upper Carniola |
| Municipality | Kranj |
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Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Struževo include:
- Blaž Potočnik (1799–1872), poet, textbook writer, and religious writer[2][4]
- Ivo Slavec (nom de guerre Jokl, 1916–1943), Slovene Partisan and People's Hero of Yugoslavia[2]
