Dobrava pri Škocjanu explained

Official Name:Dobrava pri Škocjanu
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:Škocjan
Area Total Km2:2.05
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:191
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.8757°N 15.3265°W
Elevation M:153.6
Footnotes:[1]

Dobrava pri Škocjanu (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈdoːbɾaʋa pɾi ʃkɔˈtsjaːnu/; German: Dobrawa[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Škocjan in southeastern Slovenia. It lies on the left bank of the Krka River on the regional road leading south from Škocjan to Šentjernej. Within the municipality, it belongs to the Village Community of Dobrava pri Škocjanu and Tomažja Vas.[3] The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[4]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Dobrava to Dobrava pri Škocjanu in 1953.[5] In the past the German name was Dobrawa.[2]

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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. 82.
  3. Web site: Krajevne in vaške skupnosti . Občina Škocjan . January 25, 2019 . January 25, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190125130952/http://www.obcina-skocjan.si/obcina-skocjan/vaski-odbori . dead .
  4. http://www.obcina-skocjan.si Škocjan municipal site
  5. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.