Sredgora
Sredgora | |
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  Sredgora Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 45°36′18.11″N 15°5′43.76″E / 45.6050306°N 15.0954889°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Lower Carniola |
| Statistical region | Southeast Slovenia |
| Municipality | Semič |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.15 km2 (0.83 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 695.7 m (2,282.5 ft) |
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Sredgora (pronounced [ˈsɾeːdɡɔɾa]; German: Mittenwald,[2][3] Gottschee German: Mittnbold[4]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Semič in Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[5]
Name
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The name Sredgora is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost case inflection, from sredi 'in the middle of' + gora 'forest'. In Slovene and Slavic in general, the common noun gora refers not only to a mountain, but also to a forest in a hilly or mountainous area.[6][7] The German name of the village, Mittenwald, semantically corresponds to the Slovene name and is a compound of mitten 'in the middle of' + Wald 'forest'.
History
[edit]The village was inhabited by Gottschee Germans that were expelled in 1941 during the Second World War and was burned to the ground in 1944. The local church, now a ruin, was dedicated to Mary Magdalene and belonged to the Parish of Planina.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 6.
- ^ Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
- ^ Ferenc, Mitja; Zupan, Gojko (2013). Izgubljene kočevske vasi, vol. 3 (R–Ž). Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani. pp. 87–90. ISBN 9789612374273.
- ^ Semič municipal site
- ^ Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika (2 ed.). Ljubljana: SAZU. 2014.
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 143.
- ^ "EŠD 19523". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
External links
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Media related to Sredgora at Wikimedia Commons- Sredgora on Geopedia
- Pre–World War II list of oeconyms and family names in Sredgora
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