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]
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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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
editThe 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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