Koritnica, Tolmin Explained

Official Name:Koritnica
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:Slovenian Littoral
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Gorizia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Tolmin
Area Total Km2:6.76
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:179
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.1642°N 13.8751°W
Elevation M:316.1
Footnotes:[1]

Koritnica (in Slovenian pronounced as /kɔˈɾiːtnitsa/) is a village on the right bank of the Bača River in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[2]

Name

Koritnica was attested in written sources in 1377 as Coritinicha. Like related names (e.g., Koritnice, Koritno, and Korita), the name is derived from the common noun korito 'trough; river bed', referring to the configuration of a local river or stream.[3]

Trivia

The village was one of the filming locations for the 1948 film On Our Own Land.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.tolmin.si/ Tolmin municipal site
  3. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 201.
  4. http://www.delo.si/clanek/70919 Delo 14 November 2008 60th Anniversary of First Slovene Film