Official Name: | Brezovi Dol |
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: | Central Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Ivančna Gorica |
Area Total Km2: | 4.56 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 157 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.8223°N 14.8468°W |
Elevation M: | 366.8 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Brezovi Dol (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈbɾeːzɔʋi ˈdoːu̯/; in older sources also Brezov Dol,[2] German: Birkenthal[3]) is a village east of Ambrus in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[4]
The name Brezovi Dol literally means 'birch valley', derived from the common noun breza 'birch'. Like similar toponyms in Slovenia (e.g., Brezova, Brezovec, Brezovci), it originally referred to the local vegetation.[5] The German name Birkenthal[3] also means 'birch valley'.
During the Second World War, Italian forces burned a number of houses in the village in July 1942.[6]
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church on the western outskirts of the village incorporates a chapel-shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It dates from the late 19th century.[7]