Official Name: | Studeno |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
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: | Southeast Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Kočevje |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | none |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.5642°N 14.999°W |
Elevation M: | 584.2 |
Studeno (in Slovenian pronounced as /stuˈdeːnɔ/; German: Brunnsee,[1] [2] Gottscheerish: , [3]) is a remote abandoned settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[4] Its territory is now part of the village of Knežja Lipa.[5]
The name Studeno literally means 'spring', and it and similar forms (e.g., Studenec, Studenci) are relatively common toponyms for places in Slovenia associated with springs. It is derived from Slavic * '(walled) spring', from the adjective * 'cold'. Most of the German medieval attestations of such places contain the Bavarian Middle High German element 'spring' (cf. Middle High German).[6] The standard German name of the village, Brunnsee, literally means 'lake/pond formed by a spring', probably referring to a spring that was walled to collect water.[3] The Gottscheerish form (and the clipped form) correspond to the standard German: 'spring' + 'lake, sea' (in Karl Schröer's transcription).[7]
In the land registry of 1574 Studeno consisted of one full farm divided into two half farms and a population between 8 and 11.[3] In 1770 the village had four houses.[7] In the 19th century it had five houses and a population of 14.[3] However, by 1937, the village had only one house and a population of three.[8] After the Second World War, there was only one house in Studeno.[5]