Prebold
Prebold () is a settlement in central Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Prebold. It lies on the edge of the lower Savinja Valley at the northern edge of the Sava Hills west of Celje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. Name. The name of the settlement was changed from "Sveti Pavel pri Preboldu" (literally, 'Saint Paul near Prebold') to "Prebold" in 1952. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets , and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms. The settlement is also locally known as "Šempavel" (< "Šent Pavel" 'Saint Paul'). The name "Sveti Pavel" is derived from the church in the settlement, and the name "Prebold" is believed to be derived from German "Prewald", in turn borrowed from Slovene "preval" 'mountain pass'. The name "Prebold" formerly referred to a part of the settlement known today as "Graščina", but may have originally referred to the Vrhe Pass on the route from Prebold to Trbovlje. Church. The parish church in the  settlement is dedicated to Saint Paul and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It was built in 1898 on the site of a 14th-century church.