Lazec, Loški Potok
Lazec | |
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 Postcard of Lazec | |
  Lazec Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 45°39′2.67″N 14°37′59.39″E / 45.6507417°N 14.6331639°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Lower Carniola |
| Statistical region | Southeast Slovenia |
| Municipality | Loški Potok |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.22 km2 (2.40 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 802.7 m (2,633.5 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 36 |
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Lazec (pronounced [ˈlaːzəts]; formerly also Laze;[2] German: Gehack[3][4] or Gehag (bei Obergrass),[2][5] Gottschee German: Gəhack[6]) is a village in the Municipality of Loški Potok in southern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[7] There is a pond along the road to Hrib–Loški Potok and another on the road to Stari Kot. The pond towards Stari Kot is walled and stands below Prištal Spring, which is also walled. Before the Second World War the pond was regularly cleaned and used for swimming by the locals. There are karst sinkholes near the pond below the road.[8]
Name
Lazec and toponyms like it (e.g., Laze, Novi Lazi, Ribčev Laz) are derived from the common Slovene noun laz 'clearing', thus referring to a local geographical feature.[9] It was named by loggers that founded the settlement while clearing the forest.[8][10] For the German name, cf. the common noun and microtoponym Gehack 'logged land, cleared land, lumbering'.[11][12]
History
Lazec was a
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ a b Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 41.
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 34.
- ^ Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
- ^ Gehre, Moritz. 1886. Die deutschen Sprachinseln in Oesterreich. Grossenhain: Hentze, p. 52.
- ^ a b Petschauer, Erich. 1980. "Die Gottscheer Siedlungen – Ortsnamenverzeichnis." In Das Jahrhundertbuch der Gottscheer (pp. 181–197). Klagenfurt: Leustik.
- ^ Loški Potok municipal site
- ^ a b c d Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 230–231.
- ^ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 228.
- ^ a b Ferenc, Mitja, & Gojko Zupan. 2012. Izgubljene kočevske vasi, vol. 2 (K–P). Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani, p. 99.
- ^ Hessische Flurnamen. Hessisches Landesamt für geschichtliche Landeskunde. (in German)
- ^ Jung, Irene. 1985. Flurnamen an der mittleren Lahn. Giessen: Schmitz, p. 60.
External links
| Settlements | Administrative seat: Hrib–Loški Potok
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