Zapoge Explained

Official Name:Zapoge
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:Central Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Vodice
Area Total Km2:1.15
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:221
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.1796°N 14.4676°W
Elevation M:337.5
Footnotes:[1]

Zapoge (in Slovenian pronounced as /zaˈpoːɡɛ/; German: Seebach[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Vodice in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]

Name

Zapoge was attested in written sources in 1330 as Zapaum (and as Zapozech in 1426, Sapokch in 1436, and hof zu Sepach and Sapose in 1458). The name is of uncertain origin. Based on medieval transcriptions, the current name originated as a plural accusative. In the local dialect, the settlement is known as Zəppronounced as /ọ́/ge.[4] In the past the German name was Seebach.[2]

Church

The local church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and contains one of the oldest surviving pipe organs in Slovenia.[5]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Zapoge include:

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 56.
  3. http://www.vodice.si/?Id=vsebina&Page=naselja Vodice municipal site
  4. Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, pp. 475–476.
  5. http://www.vodice.si/?Id=vsebina&Page=znamenitosti Cultural and Religious Heritage in the Municipality of Vodice
  6. Web site: Bilban, Matija (1863–1937) . Slovenska biografija . Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti . November 5, 2020.