Official Name: | Bič |
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: | Lower Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southeast Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Trebnje |
Area Total Km2: | 1.79 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 56 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.9257°N 14.8894°W |
Elevation M: | 306.1 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Bič (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈbitʃ/; German: Fitsch[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Trebnje in eastern Slovenia. It lies just north of the Slovenian A2 motorway east of Ivančna Gorica. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. The Municipality of Trebnje is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]
Bič was attested in written records as Physchs in 1250, Vutsch in 1251, Fitsch in 1293, and Fütsch in 1297, among other spellings.[4] Based on medieval transcriptions of the name, it may have developed from *bъčь 'stone- or wood-lined depression with a spring, well' (cf. Slovene beč 'barrel'), thus referring to a local geographical feature.[5] In the past the German name was Fitsch.[2]
The local church is dedicated to Saint Martin and belongs to the Parish of Veliki Gaber. It has a Romanesque nave with 17th-century additions.[6]