Rošpoh, Kungota Explained

Official Name:Rošpoh
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:Styria
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Drava
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Kungota
Area Total Km2:2.28
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:236
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.6079°N 15.6399°W
Elevation M:264.2
Footnotes:[1]

Rošpoh (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈɾoːʃpɔx/; in older sources also Rožpoh,[2] German: Rossbach[2]) is a dispersed settlement in the western Slovene Hills (Slovenian: Slovenske gorice) in northeastern Slovenia. The hamlet of Mali Rošpoh in the northern part of the settlement lies in the Municipality of Kungota.[3] The remaining part of the settlement, which the village was split from in 1982,[4] belongs to the municipality of Maribor.

Name

Rošpoh was attested in written sources in 1250 as am Rosspach (and as im Rospach in 1352, am Rosspach again in 1418, and am Rospach in 1445). The name is originally a hydronym that was transferred to the adjacent settlement. It is derived from the Middle High German compound Rosbach (from ros 'horse' + bach 'creek').[5] In the past the German name was Rossbach.[2]

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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. 4: Štajersko. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 204.
  3. http://www.kungota.si/ Kungota municipal site
  4. Book: Marinković . Dragan . Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990 . 1991 . Savezni zavod za statistiku . Belgrade . 88.
  5. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 360.