Brode, Škofja Loka Explained

Official Name:Brode
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:Škofja Loka
Area Total Km2:1.84
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:148
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.1394°N 14.255°W
Elevation M:367.2
Footnotes:[1]

Brode (pronounced as /sl/; in older sources also Brodi,[2] German: Wrodech[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Name

Brode was attested in written sources in 1291 as Furten and in villa Fůrten (and again as Furten in 1318 and Furtten circa 1400). The name is originally a plural accusative of the Slovene common noun brod 'ford, shallow river crossing' and thus refers to a local geographical feature.[3] In the past the German name was Wrodech.[2]

Church

The local church is dedicated to Saint Thomas. It is a late Gothic church and originally had a flat ceiling which was vaulted in the 18th century. Remains of frescos from the mid-16th century by the painter Jernej of Loka can be seen, depicting the Last Judgment, The Crucifixion, Saint George and the Dragon, and the Sacrifice of Isaac. The main altar dates to 1774.[4]

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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. 64.
  3. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 83.
  4. http://apl.e-soft.si/doc/5808/OS%20gradivo-18cerkva.pdf Škofja Loka municipal declaration of local churches as cultural monuments, 23 May 2007