Slavinje Explained

Official Name:Slavinje
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Inner Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Littoral–Inner Carniola
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Postojna
Area Total Km2:2.13
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:64
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.7598°N 14.1063°W
Elevation M:561.7
Footnotes:[1]

Slavinje (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈslaːʋinjɛ/; Italian: Slavigne) is a village on the road between Hruševje and Razdrto in the Municipality of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[2]

Geography

The newer part of Slavinje lies along the main road, and the older part of the village stands on a rise immediately south of the road. Before water mains were installed in the village, water was obtained from wells and cisterns, and from nearby Hornbeam Spring (Pod gabrom). A spring in the lower part of the village has been impounded for use as a water source for livestock. There is a karst spring in a meadow in the woods south of the village.[3]

Name

The name Slavinje, like the related place name Slavina, is derived from the nickname Slavo or *Slavъ, found as a second element in various names (e.g., *Dobroslavъ, *Pribyslavъ, etc.). The name therefore originally means 'Slavo's village', referring to an early inhabitant.[4]

History

During the Second World War, the Partisans had a bunker in the area, in the woods about 500m (1,600feet) south of the village. After the war, agricultural land in the village was consolidated into the Hruševje unit of the Postojna collective farm (KZ Postojna).[3]

Church

The local church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Gertrude and belongs to the Parish of Hrenovice.[5] The church is an originally medieval Gothic structure that was reworked in the Baroque style in 1638, as indicated by the year carved above the entrance. The rectangular nave terminates in a slightly narrower chancel walled on three sides. The church has a bell gable above an open narthex.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.postojna.si Postojna municipal site
  3. Book: Savnik . Roman . Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1 . 1968 . Državna založba Slovenije . Ljubljana . 264-265.
  4. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 380.
  5. http://kp.rkc.si/dokumenti/zupnije/seznam.pdf Koper Diocese list of churches
  6. Web site: Slavinje - Cerkev sv. Jedrti . Register kulturne dediščine . Slovenian Ministry of Culture . July 9, 2019.