Potok, Železniki Explained

Official Name:Potok
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:Železniki
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:67
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.1831°N 14.1049°W
Elevation M:806.2
Footnotes:[1]

Potok (pronounced as /sl/, in older sources Farji Potok or Farjev Potok,[2] German: Pfaffenbach[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Name

The name of the settlement, Potok, literally means 'creek, stream'. The older Slovene name, Farji Potok (literally, 'Parish Creek'), as well as the semantically equivalent German name Pfaffenbach, refers to land in the village that was owned by Saint Anthony's parish church in Železniki.[2] The village lies at confluence of Šturm Creek (Šturmova grapa) with Matevžek Creek (Matevžkova grapa), where they create Parish Creek (Farji potok), a tributary of the Davča River.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Demšar . Vincencij . Farji Potok /Potok/, Kocjanova domačija in njeni nasledniki . Loški razgledi . 2005 . 52 . 1 . 247-257 . December 29, 2018.