Žabjak, Radenci Explained

Official Name:Žabjak
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Styria
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Mura
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Radenci
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.6367°N 16.0094°W
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:240

Žabjak (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈʒaːbjak/, German: Krottendorf[2]) is a former village in northeastern Slovenia in the Municipality of Radenci. It is now part of the village of Boračeva.[3] It is part of the traditional region of Styria and is now included in the Mura Statistical Region.

Geography

Žabjak lies southwest of the village center of Boračeva on the edge of the Mura Basin.[1] [3] It is a scattered settlement below the neighboring village of Janžev Vrh.[3]

Name

The name Žabjak is derived from the Slovene common noun žaba 'frog'. This is also the basis of similar Slovene toponyms such as Žabnica, Žabče, Žablje, and Žabja vas, referring to a damp place where frogs lived.[4]

History

Žabjak ceased to exist as a separate settlement in 1949, when it was annexed by Boračeva.[5] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 381.
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko . 1904 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 187.
  3. Book: Savnik . Roman . Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 4 . 1980 . Državna založba Slovenije . Ljubljana . 36.
  4. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 485.
  5. Book: Stenografski zapiski Ljudske skupščine Ljudske republike Slovenije. V. redno zasedanje 6. maja 1949 in VI. redno zasedanje 21. oktobra 1949 . 1949 . Ljudksa skupščina LRS . Ljubljana . 75.
  6. Book: Marinković . Dragan . Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990 . 1991 . Savezni zavod za statistiku . Belgrade . 121.