Bistrica pri Tržiču explained

Official Name:Bistrica pri Tržiču
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Upper Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Upper Carniola
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Tržič
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:3187
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.3581°N 14.293°W
Elevation M:543.7
Footnotes:[1]

Bistrica pri Tržiču (pronounced as /sl/; German: Feistritz[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Tržič in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Name

Bistrica pri Tržiču was attested in written sources as Fuistriza between 1050 and 1063, Fistricium in 1247, and Fewstricz in 1391, among other spellings.[3] The name of the settlement was changed from Bistrica to Bistrica pri Tržiču in 1953.[4] In the past the German name was Feistritz.[2]

Church

Northeast of the settlement's core stands St. George's Church, a chapel-of-ease of the Parish of Tržič. It is a 15th-century Baroque-redesigned Gothic church with a late-Gothic chancel and a coffered ceiling. The furnishings are from the 19th century.

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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. 66.
  3. Web site: Bistrica pri Tržiču . Slovenska historična topografija . ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa . February 13, 2021.
  4. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.