Gozd, Kamnik Explained

Official Name:Gozd
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:Central Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Kamnik
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:140
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.2569°N 14.6551°W
Elevation M:783.5
Footnotes:[1]

Gozd (pronounced as /sl/; German: Goisd[2]) is a small village in the Municipality of Kamnik in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It includes the hamlets of Brška Vas (Slovenian: Brška vas), Gornja Vas (Slovenian: Gornja vas), and Laze (German: Laase[2]), as well as several isolated farms: Zabrezje or Brezovje, Brezovnik, Repovničar, Kajžar, Strahon, Hrastnik, Breg, and Zabrinje.[3]

Name

The settlement was historically attested under a variety of names: first as German Spizholz in 1257, and then as Latin in Silua (1313) and German auf dem Walde (1318). The Slovene name Gozd is semantically identical to the German and Latin names (meaning 'forest') and is derived from the common noun gozd 'forest'.[4] Locally, the settlement is known as Gojzd (adjective form gojški),[4] and the Gozd Pasture (Slovenian: Gojška planina) on the Big Pasture Plateau (Slovenian: Velika planina) is named after the village.[5] In the past the German name was Goisd.[2]

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Anne.[6]

External links

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, pp. 24–25.
  3. Book: Savnik . Roman . Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2 . 1971 . Državna založba Slovenije . Ljubljana . 177.
  4. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 147.
  5. 'Čerček, Edvard. "Planine v južnih Kamniških Alpah (s karto v prilogi in 5 slikami v besedilu)." Geografski vestnik 20/21: 37–85, p. 60.
  6. http://www.druzina.si/icd/spletnastran.nsf/all/5E53E27F3643872FC12572030034F898?OpenDocument Družina Catholic Publishers' web site