Official Name: | Mačji Dol |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
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: | Trebnje |
Area Total Km2: | 1.26 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 64 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.9519°N 14.929°W |
Elevation M: | 302.5 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Mačji Dol (pronounced as /sl/, de|Katzenthal[2]) is a small settlement northwest of Šentlovrenc in the Municipality of Trebnje in eastern Slovenia. The municipality is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]
Mačji Dol is also known locally as Marč(j)i Dol,[4] [5] from which the local adjective marovski/marovški is derived (e.g., Marovška zijalka 'Mačji Dol Cave' at the north end of the village,[6] as well as Marovška dolina 'Mačji Dol Valley' extending southeast of the village).
Mačji Dol Cave (sl|Marovška zijalka) is an archaeological site along the road from Mačji Dol to Dolnji Vrh. It was used by Pleistocene hunters, and stone tools from the Middle Paleolithic have been found. The site was investigated by the archaeologist in 1974 and 1975.[7]