Gornji Zemon Explained

Official Name:Gornji Zemon
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Inner Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Littoral–Inner Carniola
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Ilirska Bistrica
Area Total Km2:5.24
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:114
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.5344°N 14.2818°W
Elevation M:485.9
Footnotes:[1]

Gornji Zemon (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈɡoːɾnji ˈzeːmɔn/; in older sources: Gorenji Zemon,[2] German: Obersemon,[2] Italian: Zemon di Sopra) is a village southeast of Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]

Name

The name Gornji Zemon means 'upper Zemon', distinguishing the settlement from neighboring Dolnji Zemon (literally, 'lower Zemon'). The village was attested in written records in 1498 as Obersemel. Like similar Slovene and other Slavic toponyms (e.g., Zemono, Zemun, Zemplín, etc.), the name is a deadjectival noun derived from Slavic *zemľьnъ 'earthen', referring to an earthwork fortification.[4]

Mass grave

Gornji Zemon is the site of a mass grave from the end of the Second World War. The Krnice Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Krnice) lies in a meadow in the hills south of the village. It contains the remains of 150 German soldiers from the 97th Corps that were shot at the beginning of May 1945.[5]

Church

The local church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew and belongs to the Parish of Ilirska Bistrica.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko . 1906 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 134.
  3. http://www.ilirska-bistrica.si Ilirska Bistrica municipal site
  4. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 480.
  5. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče Krnice . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . April 12, 2020 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.
  6. http://kp.rkc.si/dokumenti/zupnije/seznam.pdf Koper Diocese list of churches