Bič, Trebnje Explained

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]

Name

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]

Church

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 104.
  3. http://www.trebnje.si/ Trebnje municipal site
  4. Web site: Bič . Slovenska historična topografija . ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa . February 11, 2021.
  5. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 54, 59.
  6. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage