Official Name: | Mišji Dol |
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: | Lower Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Šmartno pri Litiji |
Area Total Km2: | 0.48 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 25 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.9869°N 14.8997°W |
Elevation M: | 351.1 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Mišji Dol (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈmiːʃji ˈdoːu̯/; German: Mausthal)[2] is a small settlement in the Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji in central Slovenia. It lies in the Primskovo area in the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]
The settlement was first attested in German in 1341 as Mausental (literally, 'mouse valley'), semantically corresponding to the Slovene name. It is probably derived from a personal name, derived in turn from the common noun miš 'mouse' (cf. the modern Slovene surname Miš, literally 'mouse'), likely referring to an early inhabitant of the place[4] (but cf. Jurklošter (formerly Mišji Dol) in the Municipality of Laško, literally 'monk valley'; mišji < meniški 'monk').[5]
The local church is dedicated to Saint Lucy and belongs to the Parish of Primskovo na Dolenjskem. It dates to the 17th century.[6]