Dolenja Žetina

Dolenja Žetina
Dolenja Žetina

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°9′29.08″N 14°8′11.46″E / 46.1580778°N 14.1365167°E / 46.1580778; 14.1365167Coordinates: 46°9′29.08″N 14°8′11.46″E / 46.1580778°N 14.1365167°E / 46.1580778; 14.1365167
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Upper Carniola
Statistical region Upper Carniola
Municipality Gorenja Vas–Poljane
Area
  Total 3.41 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Elevation 700.9 m (2,299.5 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 33
[1]

Dolenja Žetina (pronounced [dɔˈleːnja ʒɛˈtiːna]; in older sources also Dolenja Šetina,[2] German: Doleinaschettina[2]) is a dispersed settlement below Mount Blegoš in the Municipality of Gorenja Vas–Poljane in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.[3] It is a clustered village on a low terrace in the foothills of Mount Koprivnik.[4] There are many springs in the area and there are abandoned mills in the two ravines below the settlement.[5]

Name

The name Dolenja Žetina literally means 'lower Žetina', distinguishing the settlement from neighboring Gorenja Žetina 'upper Žetina'. The settlement was known as Doleinaschettina in German in the past.[2]

History

In the past, the economy of the village was based on farming and forestry. The farms in Dolenja Žetina produced grain, and the villagers used the pastures on Mount Blegoš for pasturing their cattle and sheep, which they raised for sale. They also sold wood from the surrounding forests and practiced lace-making.[5]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. 1 2 3 Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 10.
  3. Gorenja Vas–Poljane municipal site
  4. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1968. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 357.
  5. 1 2 Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 573.

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