Official Name: | Fučkovci |
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: | White Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southeast Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Črnomelj |
Area Total Km2: | 1.17 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 44 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.5443°N 15.2953°W |
Elevation M: | 176.8 |
Postal Code: | 8341 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Fučkovci (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈfuːtʃkɔwtsi/) is a settlement on the terrace above the left bank of the Kolpa River in the Municipality of Črnomelj in the White Carniola area of southeastern Slovenia, next to the border with Croatia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[2]
The settlement was first attested in written sources in 1490 as Futskowisch (and in 1674 as Fuschkhoutzy). Like the nearby Croatian settlement of Fučkovac in the Municipality of Bosiljevo, the name is derived from a Slavic personal name (cf. the Slovene surname Fučko[3]). The plural name of the settlement thus literally means 'residents of Fučko's village'. The name Fučko itself could be derived from the verb fučkati 'to whistle', but is probably a hypocorism of the personal name Fuk (until recently also a Slovene surname), likely derived from the Old High German name Fucco.[4]
An archaeological field survey in 2002 revealed the existence of a prehistoric settlement in the area.[5]