Brezovica pri Črmošnjicah
Brezovica pri Črmošnjicah
Brezje (until 1955) | |
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Coordinates: 45°39′15″N 15°7′25″E / 45.65417°N 15.12361°E | |
Country | Slovenia |
Traditional region | Lower Carniola |
Statistical region | Southeast Slovenia |
Municipality | Semič |
Area | |
• Total | 2.48 km2 (0.96 sq mi) |
Elevation | 543.2 m (1,782.2 ft) |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 6 |
[1] |
Brezovica pri Črmošnjicah (pronounced [ˈbɾéːzɔʋitsa pɾi tʃəɾmɔˈʃnjìːtsax, -njíː-]; formerly Brezje;[2][3][4] German: Wrezen, Wretzen,[2][5] Gottschee German: Brezə[4]) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Semič in Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[6]
Geography
The settlement stands on a small hill above the road from Črnomelj to Dolenjske Toplice in the Črmošnjice Valley (Slovene: Črmošnjiška dolina)[3][4] at the tectonic division between the Gorjanci Hills and Kočevje Rog.[4] There are fields west of the settlement, as well as former pastures undergoing afforestation and sparse birch and fern woods. There are gravel pits on Gaberkofel Hill (717 m). During dry periods, water was hauled to the village from springs north of the village.[7] These springs also join to form Wild Creek (Divji potok),[3][4] which flows to Srednja Vas. Springs south of the village join to form Blatnik Creek (Blatniški potok), also known as Little River (Rečica).[3] The territory of the village now also includes the former village of Stari Tabor.[7]
Name
The name Brezovica pri Črmošnjicah means 'Brezovica near Črmošnjice'. The settlement was recorded as Presaitz in the land registry of 1574.
History
Brezovica pri Črmošnjicah was inhabited by
Church
The local church is now only a ruin, with only the belfry and the walls of the nave remaining.[7] It was dedicated to Saint Florian and dated to around 1600. It was restored in 1890.[10] The church was first mentioned in a visitation report from 1753. It had a rectangular nave, apparently barrel-vaulted and plastered-over wood timbering. A wooden choir loft stood above the entrance and also provided access to the bell tower. The chancel was pentagonal and had a window on each side. The church was damaged during the German bombardment in 1943, when the roof timbering burned. It was not restored after the war, despite efforts from the local Lukan family. The parish abandoned the building in 1963, removing the bells. The rest of the furnishings were removed by various collectors, including the main altar with a statue of Saint Florian in the central niche and additional statues on the sides and in the pediment, a side altar with a statue of Saint Vitus, and a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes created by August König from Srobotnik.[4]
There were five chapel-shrines in the village before the Second World War: a masonry shrine on the southwest edge of the village along the road to Stari Tabor, a masonry shrine on the northern edge of the village at the fork in the road to Srednja Vas and Gaber, a shrine about 320 m south of the church along the road to Stari Tabor, a shrine about 360 m to the northwest along the road to Srednja Vas, and a shrine about 180 m south of the church.[4]
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ a b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 152.
- ^ a b c d e Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 470.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Ferenc, Mitja, & Gojko Zupan. 2011. Izgubljene kočevske vasi, vol. 1 (A–J). Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani, pp. 89–91.
- ^ a b Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
- ^ Semič municipal site
- ^ a b c d e f Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 25.
- ^ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, pp. 79, 80.
- ^ Petschauer, Erich. 1980. "Die Gottscheer Siedlungen – Ortsnamenverzeichnis." In Das Jahrhundertbuch der Gottscheer (pp. 181–197). Klagenfurt: Leustik.
- ^ "EŠD 2742". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
External links
- Media related to Brezovica pri Črmošnjicah at Wikimedia Commons
- Brezovica pri Črmošnjicah on Geopedia
- Pre–World War II map of Brezovica pri Črmošnjicah with oeconyms and family names