Travnik, Loški Potok Explained

Official Name:Travnik
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:Lower Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Southeast Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Loški Potok
Area Total Km2:18.32
Population As Of:2019
Population Total:266
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.6909°N 14.5972°W
Elevation M:703.8
Postal Code:1318
Footnotes:[1]

Travnik (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈtɾaːu̯nik/, German: Traunik[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Loški Potok in southern Slovenia. It includes the hamlet of Bela Voda and a few dispersed farmsteads in the hills east of the main settlement. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3] The settlement includes the hamlets of Bela Voda (German: Weißwasser[4]), Dednik, and Kaplja (German: Kappel[4]).[5]

There is a small chapel in the settlement. It is dedicated to the Our Lady of the Rosary and dates to the late 19th to early 20th century.[6]

The unincorporated community of Traunik, Michigan is named after Travnik.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. News: Uebersicht der in Folge a. h. Entschließung vom 26. Juli 1849 genehmigten provisorischen Gerichtseintheilung des Kronlandes Krain . Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung . 141 . November 24, 1849 . 41.
  3. http://www.loski-potok.si Loški Potok municipal site
  4. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 48.
  5. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 577.
  6. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage