Hotedršica

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Hotedršica
Postcard of Hotedršica
Postcard of Hotedršica
Hotedršica is located in Slovenia
Hotedršica
Hotedršica
Location in Slovenia
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Country Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Traditional region Inner Carniola
Statistical region Central Slovenia
Municipality Logatec
Area
 • Total 3.99 km2 (1.54 sq mi)
Elevation 544.9 m (1,787.7 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 554
[1]

Hotedršica (pronounced [xɔˈteːdəɾʃitsa]) is a village west of Logatec in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[2]

Name

Hotedršica was first attested in written sources in 1421 as Kathedresicz (and in 1496 as Kathedersicz). The name is a syncopated form of *Hotedražica, derived from the personal name *Xotědragъ (from *xotěti 'to desire' + *dorgъ 'good').[3][4]

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to John the Baptist and belongs to the Ljubljana Archdiocese.[5]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Logatec municipal site
  3. Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 162.
  4. Hotedršica (Slovene)
  5. Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal website

External links

  • Hotedršica on Geopedia
  • Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons


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