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Zgornji Otok

Coordinates: 46°21′0.11″N 14°12′15.08″E / 46.3500306°N 14.2041889°E / 46.3500306; 14.2041889
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Zgornji Otok
Zgornji Otok is located in Slovenia
Zgornji Otok
Zgornji Otok
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°21′0.11″N 14°12′15.08″E / 46.3500306°N 14.2041889°E / 46.3500306; 14.2041889
Country Slovenia
RegionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionUpper Carniola
MunicipalityRadovljica
Elevation
502.5 m (1,648.6 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total55
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Zgornji Otok (pronounced [ˈzɡoːɾnji ˈɔːtɔk], German: Oberotok[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Radovljica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Geography

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Zgornji Otok lies along the road from Zapuže to Mošnje where the foothills of the Kamnik–Savinja Alps meet the Radovljica Basin. An intermittent stream runs through the village; during heavy rains it rises quickly and becomes a tributary of Dobruša Creek. The soil is very sandy.[3]

Name

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The name Zgornji Otok (literally, 'upper Otok') is paired with that of neighboring Spodnji Otok (literally, 'lower Otok'), which stands about 8 meters (26 ft) lower in elevation. Together with Spodnji Otok, both villages were attested with the German name Werd in 1326, which, like Slovene Otok, means 'island'.[4] Like settlements with the semantically corresponding name Verd, the name refers not only to an island, but also to an elevated location next to a marsh or other wetland.[5]

Mass grave

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Zgornji Otok Mass Grave

Zgornji Otok is the site of a mass grave from the end of the Second World War. The Zgornji Otok Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Zgornji Otok) is located on sunken ground in a meadow west of the settlement, a few meters east of the edge of the woods, at a site called Pod Koncami. It contains the remains of 14 Croatian soldiers killed on May 6, 1945.[6]

Notable people

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Notable people that were born or lived in Zgornji Otok include:

References

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  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 148.
  3. ^ a b Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 292.
  4. ^ Kosi, Miha; Bizjak, Matjaž; Seručnik, Miha; Šilc, Jurij (2016). Historična topografija Kranjske (do 1500). Ljubljana: Založba ZRC. pp. 955, 1281.
  5. ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 452.
  6. ^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Zgornji Otok". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
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