Ig, Ig Explained

Official Name:Ig
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:Central Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Ig
Area Total Km2:12.1
Population As Of:2012
Population Total:2240
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.9692°N 14.5394°W
Elevation M:288.8
Postal Code:1292 Ig
Footnotes:[1]

Ig (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈiːk/; formerly Studenec, German: Brunndorf[2]) is the largest settlement and the seat of the Municipality of Ig, central Slovenia.

Name

The name Ig was first attested in 1249 as Yge (and as Ighe, Iglem, and Iglom in 1261, Yg in 1262, and Hyco and Hyc in 1299). During the Middle Ages, Ig was a regional name, and the settlement now known as Ig was called Studenec until the beginning of the 19th century. The etymology of the name Ig is unclear. It may be connected with the Slovene common noun igo 'yoke' (in reference to the course of the Iška River), or to the Slovene common noun iva 'goat willow' (through borrowing into and then from German), or it may derive from a pre-Slavic substratum.[3]

History

After the Second World War, a Yugoslav labor camp for political prisoners operated in Ig.[4]

Landmarks

Parish church

The parish church in Ig is dedicated to Saint Martin and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It was built in 1780.[5] The painting of Saint Martin in the church is a work by Josip Egartner.[6] A second church, built on Pungrt Hill west of the main settlement, is a 14th-century building, now in ruins. It was dedicated to Saint George.[7]

World Heritage Site

In the vicinity of Ig, the remains of prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements, since 2011 protected as part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.[8] [9]

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, p. 112.
  3. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 167–168.
  4. Mrvič, Irena. 1999. "Taborišče." Enciklopedija Slovenije, vol. 13 (Š–T), pp. 177–179. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 179.
  5. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
  6. https://archive.today/20120715085239/http://nl.ijs.si:8080/fedora/get/sbl:0412/VIEW/ Slovenski biografski leksikon: Egartner Josip
  7. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
  8. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1363/ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
  9. News: Prehistoric Pile Dwellings Listed as UNESCO World Heritage . Government Communication Office . Slovenia News . 28 June 2011 . 3 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140427203207/http://www.ukom.gov.si/en/media_room/newsletter_slovenia_news/news/article/391/2809/1e33cc2ffd/?tx_ttnews[newsletter& . 27 April 2014 . dead .