Dvor, Žužemberk

Coordinates: 45°48′34.87″N 14°57′56.75″E / 45.8096861°N 14.9657639°E / 45.8096861; 14.9657639
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Dvor
Dvor is located in Slovenia
Dvor
Dvor
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°48′34.87″N 14°57′56.75″E / 45.8096861°N 14.9657639°E / 45.8096861; 14.9657639
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionSoutheast Slovenia
MunicipalityŽužemberk
Area
 • Total1.02 km2 (0.39 sq mi)
Elevation
196.6 m (645.0 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total389
[1]

Dvor (pronounced

Krka River in the Municipality of Žužemberk in southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Church

The local

Second World War when it was hit by an allied bomb on Easter Sunday, 1945.[4] After the war the ruins of the church were totally removed.[5]

Iron foundry

Remains of the Auersperg iron foundry in Dvor today

The Auersperg iron foundry, one of the largest to the south of the Alps and one of the largest early manufacturing plants in the Slovene Lands, operated in Dvor from 1796 to 1891. It produced a wide variety of cast iron and wrought iron products.[6] Examples of its work are the Hradecky Bridge in Ljubljana,[7] the boot jack depicted on a Slovenian post stamp in November 1998, and the cast-iron columns that were placed at the platforms of the Austrian Southern Railway.[6] The artistic castings from the foundry are the first specimens of industrial design in the Slovene lands.[6]

Geography

Climate

Dvor has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb).[8]

Climate data for Dvor (204m elev.) [1948-2022]
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average precipitation mm (inches) 66.75
(2.63) 		71.1
(2.80) 		72.76
(2.86) 		93.85
(3.69) 		106.94
(4.21) 		128.0
(5.04) 		120.26
(4.73) 		117.67
(4.63) 		123.72
(4.87) 		119.49
(4.70) 		118.08
(4.65) 		87.5
(3.44) 		1,226.12
(48.25)
Average extreme snow depth cm (inches) 21.61
(8.51) 		22.35
(8.80) 		14.44
(5.69) 		3.82
(1.50) 		3.57
(1.41) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		3.0
(1.2) 		12.9
(5.1) 		16.58
(6.53) 		22.35
(8.80)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 11.06 10.77 11.07 13.15 13.78 13.55 11.32 10.57 10.26 10.97 12.39 12.0 140.89
Average rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) 6.13 5.97 8.84 12.63 13.59 13.53 11.32 10.55 10.26 10.73 10.8 7.99 122.34
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 mm) 5.2 4.93 3.09 0.79 0.04 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.07 1.84 4.5 20.46
Source: National Meteorological Service of Slovenia – Archive[9]


References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 172.
  3. ^ Žužemberk municipal site
  4. ^ Kladnik, Darinka. 1994. Sto slovenskih krajev. Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, p. 46.
  5. ^ "EŠD 2836". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  6. ^ a b c Bogataj, Janez (November 1998). "Slovenija - Evropa v malem - "Zajec" za sezuvanje škornjev iz Dvora pri Žužemberku" [Slovenia - Europe in Small - Boot jack from Dvor near Žužemberk]. Pošta Slovenije [Post of Slovenia].
  7. COBISS 256579584
    .
  8. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy (which owns "Mindat.org
    "). Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  9. ^ "meteo.si - Uradna vremenska napoved za Slovenijo - Državna meteorološka služba RS - Državna meteorološka služba". meteo.arso.gov.si. Retrieved 2022-07-27.

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