Lučine Explained

Official Name:Lučine
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:Upper Carniola
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Gorenja Vas–Poljane
Area Total Km2:2.34
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:176
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.0617°N 14.1964°W
Elevation M:634
Footnotes:[1]

Lučine (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈluːtʃinɛ/; in older sources also Lučna,[2] German: Lutschna[2]) is a village in the hills south of Gorenja Vas in the Municipality of Gorenja Vas–Poljane in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]

Name

Lučine was first attested in written sources as Lutschen in 1291 and Lutsschen in 1318. The name Lučine, like similar toponyms (e.g., Luče, Leutschach < Lučane), is derived from the Slavic personal name *Ľubъkъ and likely refers to an early inhabitant of the place.[4] In the past the German name was Lutschna.[2]

Church

The local church is dedicated to Saint Vitus (Slovenian: sveti Vid) and stands in the eastern part of the settlement in the middle of a cemetery. The original Late Gothic church was extended and a belfry was added in 1669. In 1898 the old church, apart from the belfry, was demolished to make way for an entirely new building.[5] The current church has a rectangular nave with side chapels and an octagonal presbytery walled on three sides. The church was designed by Anton Jeblinger in 1897 and the stonework was executed by Peter Bevk from 1898 to 1899.[6]

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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. 64.
  3. http://www.obcina-gvp.si/ Gorenja Vas–Poljane municipal site
  4. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 247.
  5. http://www.obcina-gvp.si/?page=kattext&cat=kulturna_dediscina&id=147&lang=sl Cultural Heritage in the Municipality of Gorenja Vas–Poljane
  6. http://giskd2s.situla.org/rkd/Opis.asp?Esd=2012 Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage