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|other_name             = Harigast (1941–1945)
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|subdivision_name2      = [[Drava Statistical Region|Drava]]
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|subdivision_name3      = [[Municipality of Benedikt|Benedikt]]
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|footnotes              = <ref>[http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia]</ref>
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'''Ženjak''' ({{IPA|sl|ˈʒeːnjak|pron}}) is a locality of the settlement [[Benedikt, Benedikt|Benedikt]] in the [[Municipality of Benedikt]] in northeastern [[Slovenia]]. Until 2003, it existed as an independent settlement. The area is part of the traditional region of [[Lower Styria|Styria]]. The municipality is included in the [[Drava Statistical Region]].<ref>[http://www.benedikt.si/ Benedikt municipal site]</ref>
==History==
In 1811, a [[hoard]] of 26 [[Iron Age|Early Iron Age]] [[bronze]] [[Negau helmet]]s was discovered in the nearby woods.<ref>[http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage] reference number ešd 1065</ref> The village of Ženjak was of great interest to German archaeologists during the Nazi period and was briefly renamed ''Harigast'' during World War II.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Planina |first1=France |title=Slovenija in njeni kraji |date=1963 |publisher=Glavni odbor Prešernove družbe |location=Ljubljana |page=200}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Švajncer |first1=Janez J. |title=Vojna in vojaška zgodovina Slovencev |date=1992 |publisher=Prešernova družba |location=Ljubljana |page=7}}</ref> In 2003 it was merged into Benedikt.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rpls.pisrs.si/Predpis.aspx?id=13631&obcina=BENEDIKT |title=Odlok o združitvi naselij Benedikt in Ženjak v enovito naselje Benedikt |accessdate=2016-03-14 |date=2003-04-16 |work=[[Register lokalnih skupnosti]]| language=sl }}</ref>
==Notable people==
Notable people that were born or lived in Ženjak:
* [[Ivan Kramberger]] (1936–1992), politician
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.geopedia.world/#T12_L362_F3226:45719_x1767494.496978675_y5876666.477751559_s15_b2345 Ženjak on Geopedia]
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