Vremski Britof Explained

Official Name:Vremski Britof
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Coastal–Karst
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Divača
Area Total Km2:0.75
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:54
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.6564°N 14.0303°W
Elevation M:377
Footnotes:[1]

Vremski Britof (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈwɾeːmski ˈbɾiːtɔf/, formerly simply Britof,[2] Italian: Cave Auremiane[3]) is a village on an elevation above the banks of the Reka River in the Municipality of Divača in the Littoral region of Slovenia.

Name

The name Vremski Britof means 'Britof near Vreme', distinguishing the settlement from others named Britof. The name Britof is derived from the Slovene common noun britof 'cultivated fenced area'. This was borrowed from Middle High German vrîthof, also meaning 'cultivated fenced area'. The denotation of the common noun in both languages later developed from this original meaning to 'churchyard' and then to 'cemetery'.[4]

Church

The Vreme parish church, built south of the settlement, is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Koper Diocese.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SURS. www.stat.si.
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko . 1906 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 138.
  3. Book: Pelikon . Egon . Tajno štetje prebivalstva v Julijski krajini leta 1933 . 2002 . Zgodovinsko društvo za južno Primorsko . Koper . 75, 114.
  4. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 82.
  5. Web site: Roman Catholic Diocese of Koper List of Churches May 2008. rkc.si. 2009-03-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20090306055057/http://kp.rkc.si/dokumenti/zupnije/seznam.pdf. 2009-03-06. dead.