Brezovi Dol Explained

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]

Name

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'.

History

During the Second World War, Italian forces burned a number of houses in the village in July 1942.[6]

Cultural heritage

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 467.
  3. Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 42.
  4. http://www.ivancna-gorica.si/ Ivančna Gorica municipal site
  5. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 79.
  6. Book: Savnik . Roman . Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2 . 1971 . Državna založba Slovenije . Ljubljana . 125.
  7. http://giskd2s.situla.org/rkd/Opis.asp?Esd=16712 Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage