Fučkovci Explained

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]

Name

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]

Cultural heritage

An archaeological field survey in 2002 revealed the existence of a prehistoric settlement in the area.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia . 2010-02-23 . 2008-11-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081118142042/http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp . dead .
  2. http://www.crnomelj.si/ Črnomelj municipal site
  3. http://www.stat.si/imena_baza_priimki.asp?ime=&priimek=Fu%E8ko&spol= Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. Baza rojstnih imen in priimkov.
  4. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 135.
  5. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage