Mišji Dol Explained

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]

Name

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]

Church

The local church is dedicated to Saint Lucy and belongs to the Parish of Primskovo na Dolenjskem. It dates to the 17th century.[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. 90.
  3. http://www.smartno-litija.si Šmartno pri Litiji municipal site
  4. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 264.
  5. Krušić, Marjan et al. 2006. Slovenija, turistični vodnik. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 544.
  6. Web site: EŠD 2551 . Slovenian . Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage . Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia . 7 September 2011.