Kot pri Ribnici explained

Official Name:Kot pri Ribnici
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:Lower Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Southeast Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Ribnica
Area Total Km2:5.33
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:127
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.7448°N 14.6755°W
Elevation M:565.4
Postal Code:1310
Footnotes:[1]

Kot pri Ribnici (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈkoːt pɾi ˈɾiːbnitsi/; German: Winkel[2]) is a settlement west of the town of Ribnica in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Kot to Kot pri Ribnici in 1953.[4]

Cultural heritage

There is a small chapel-shrine in the settlement. It dates to the 19th century.[5]

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. 48.
  3. http://www.ribnica.si Ribnica municipal site
  4. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  5. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage