Ašelice (pronounced [ˈaːʃɛlitsɛ]; German: Aschelitz[1][2] or Aschletz[3]) is a remote abandoned settlement in the Municipality of Semič in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[4] Its territory is now part of the village of Mašelj.[5] Ašelice lies high on a slope alongside an unpaved road east of Črmošnjice.[5]
Ašelice | |
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  Ašelice Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 45°40′31.08″N 15°7′0.77″E / 45.6753000°N 15.1168806°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Lower Carniola |
| Statistical region | Southeast Slovenia |
| Municipality | Semič |
| Elevation | 628.1 m (2,060.7 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | none |
Name
editThe name Aschelitz is believed to be derived from German Aschnitz, a name for the herb lady's mantle,[6] thus referring to the local vegetation. However, other sources state that the name is of Slovene origin.[7]
History
editAšelice was one of only three Gottschee German villages mentioned in the land registers of the Dominion of Mihovo in 1603 and 1623.[8] However, it was not included in the land registry of 1770.[3] The village consisted of eight houses and 29 inhabitants in 1931,[9] and 37 inhabitants in 1937.[10] The Gottschee Germans were evicted from the village in the fall of 1941. Italian troops burned the village during the Rog Offensive in 1942.[5][11]
References
edit- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 152.
- ^ Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
- ^ a b Petschauer, Erich. 1980. "Die Gottscheer Siedlungen – Ortsnamenverzeichnis." In Das Jahrhundertbuch der Gottscheer (pp. 181–197). Klagenfurt: Leustik.
- ^ Semič municipal site
- ^ a b c Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage Archived February 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine reference number ešd 11138
- ^ Simonič, Ivan. 1935. "Kočevarji v luči krajevnih in ledinskih imen." Glasnik Muzejskega društva za Slovenijo 16: 61–81 and 106–123, p. 70.
- ^ Grothe, Hugo. 1931. Die deutsche Sprachinsel Gottschee in Slowenien. Ein Beitrag zur Deutschtumskunde des europäischen Südostens. Münster: Aschendorff. (cited in Petschauer 1980: 181).
- ^ Simonič, Ivan. 1934. "Migracije na Kočevskem v luči priimkov". Etnolog 7: 107–138, p. 134. (in Slovene)
- ^ Glonar, Joža. 1931. Poučni slovar. Ljubljana: Umetniška propaganda, p. 74.
- ^ Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 470.
- ^ Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 22.
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