Official Name: | Spodnja Lipnica |
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: | Radovljica |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Total: | 187 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.321°N 14.1702°W |
Elevation M: | 482.5 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Spodnja Lipnica (pronounced as /sl/) is a village in the Municipality of Radovljica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
The name Spodnja Lipnica literally means 'lower Lipnica', distinguishing the village from neighboring Zgornja Lipnica (literally, 'upper Lipnica'), which stands at an elevation 29m (95feet) higher. The name Lipnica, like related names (e.g., Lipa, Lipnik, Lipovec, etc.), is derived from the Slovene common noun lipa 'linden', referring to the local vegetation.[2]
Spodnja Lipnica is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Garden Cave Mass Grave (sl|Grobišče Jama za vrtcem) is located in the woods west of the settlement, in a cave 8mto10mm (26feetto30feetm) deep. It contained the remains of seven Slovene civilians from Radovljica that were murdered on May 29, 1945.[3]