Kunč
Kunč | |
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Coordinates: 45°43′37.11″N 14°58′21.19″E / 45.7269750°N 14.9725528°E | |
Country | Slovenia |
Traditional region | Lower Carniola |
Statistical region | Southeast Slovenia |
Municipality | Dolenjske Toplice |
Elevation | 793.7 m (2,604.0 ft) |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | none |
Kunč (pronounced [ˈkuːntʃ]; in older sources also Kunče,[1][2] German: Kuntschen,[3] Gottscheerish: Kuntschn[4]) is a remote abandoned settlement in the Municipality of Dolenjske Toplice in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[5] Its territory is now part of the village of Podstenice. Northeast of Kunč there is an ice-filled cave called Ice Cave (Slovene: Ledena jama). It is connected to Kunč by a path and people would go to the cave for ice during times of drought.[2][6]
Name
The name Kunč is of uncertain origin. It may be derived from the surname Kunz or Künz, which was recorded in the land registry of 1574.[4] Snoj explains the surname Kunz as a hypocorism of Konrad or Gunther.[7]
History
Kunč was a
References
- ^ Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 42.
- ^ a b c Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 224.
- ^ Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
- ^ a b c Petschauer, Erich. 1980. "Die Gottscheer Siedlungen – Ortsnamenverzeichnis." In Das Jahrhundertbuch der Gottscheer (pp. 181–197). Klagenfurt: Leustik.
- ^ Dolenjske Toplice municipal site
- ^ a b Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 507.
- ^ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, pp. 156, 198.
- ^ a b c Ferenc, Mitja, & Gojko Zupan. 2012. Izgubljene kočevske vasi, vol. 2 (K–P). Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani.