Fučkovci

Fučkovci
Fučkovci

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°32′39.5″N 15°17′43.03″E / 45.544306°N 15.2952861°ECoordinates: 45°32′39.5″N 15°17′43.03″E / 45.544306°N 15.2952861°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region White Carniola
Statistical region Southeast Slovenia
Municipality Črnomelj
Area
 • Total 1.17 km2 (0.45 sq mi)
Elevation 176.8 m (580.1 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 50
[1]

Fučkovci (pronounced [ˈfuːtʃkɔu̯tsi]) is a settlement on the terrace above the left bank of the Kolpa River in the Municipality of Črnomelj in the White Carniola area of southeastern Slovenia, next 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.[2]

Name

The settlement was first attested in written sources in 1490 as Futskowisch (and in 1674 as Fuschkhoutzy). Like the nearby Croatian settlement of Fučkovac in the Municipality of Bosiljevo, the name is derived from a Slavic personal name (cf. the Slovene surname Fučko[3]). The plural name of the settlement thus literally means 'residents of Fučko's village'. The name Fučko itself could be derived from the verb fučkati 'to whistle', but is probably actually a hypocorism of the personal name Fuk (until recently also a Slovene surname), likely derived from the Old High German name Fucco.[4]

Cultural heritage

An archaeological field survey in 2002 revealed the existence of a prehistoric settlement in the area.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Črnomelj municipal site
  3. ↑ Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. Baza rojstnih imen in priimkov. (Slovene)
  4. ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 135.
  5. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 19860

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