Jesenovec
Jesenovec is located in Slovenia
Jesenovec
Jesenovec
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°12′37″N 14°07′31″E / 46.21028°N 14.12528°E / 46.21028; 14.12528
Country Slovenia
Traditional RegionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionUpper Carniola
MunicipalityŽelezniki
Elevation
[1][2]
500 m (1,600 ft)
[3]

Jesenovec (pronounced [jɛsɛˈnoːʋəts]; in older sources also Jesenovc[4]) is a formerly independent settlement in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is now part of the town of Železniki.[2]

Geography

Jesenovec is a scattered settlement along the road from Škofja Loka to Petrovo Brdo in the upper Selca Sora Valley between Plešenica Creek and Upper Smoleva Creek (Slovene: Zadnja Smoleva). It includes the Plenšak Gorge below Prtovč and the Blok and Slap gorges below Štedel Peak (Slovene: Štedel vrh; elevation: 1,145 meters or 3,757 feet). Other nearby elevations include Mount Groblje (elevation: 1,086 meters or 3,563 feet) and Grebel Peak (Slovene: Grebel vrh; elevation: 1,348 meters or 4,423 feet) to the northwest and Mount Vancovec (elevation: 1,085 meters or 3,560 feet) to the southeast.[2]

Name

A sign for Jesenovec

The name Jesenovec is derived from the common noun jesen 'ash tree', thus originally referring to the local vegetation.[5]

History

Jesenovec had a population of 31 living in four houses in 1880,[4] 26 living in four houses in 1890,[6] 27 living in four houses in 1900,[7] 23 in three houses in 1931,[1] and 40 in seven houses in 1961.[2] Jesenovec was annexed by Železniki in 1966, ending its existence as a separate settlement.[2][8]

References

  1. 1 2 Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine (PDF). Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo. 1937. p. 587.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 363.
  3. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  4. 1 2 Special-Orts-Repertorium von Krain (PDF). Vienna: Alfred Hölder. 1884. p. 46.
  5. ↑ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 115.
  6. ↑ Special-Orts-Repertorium von Krain (PDF). Vienna: Alfred Hölder. 1894. p. 41.
  7. ↑ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko (PDF). Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 67.
  8. ↑ Marinković, Dragan (1991). Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990 (PDF). Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. pp. 45, 122.


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