Lavrica

Lavrica
Lavrica

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°0′10.83″N 14°33′21.02″E / 46.0030083°N 14.5558389°ECoordinates: 46°0′10.83″N 14°33′21.02″E / 46.0030083°N 14.5558389°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Central Slovenia
Municipality Škofljica
Area
 • Total 9.92 km2 (3.83 sq mi)
Elevation 308.6 m (1,012.5 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 2,120
[1]

Lavrica (pronounced [ˈlaːu̯ɾitsa]) is a settlement in central Slovenia. It lies southeast of the capital Ljubljana in the Municipality of Škofljica. The railway line from Ljubljana to Novo Mesto runs through the settlement. The municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[2] It includes the hamlets of Daljna Vas (Slovene: Daljna vas), Babna Gorica (in older sources also Babina Gorica),[3] Srednja Vas (Srednja vas),[4] and Sela pri Rudniku (German: Sela bei Rudnik).[3]

Name

Based on medieval sources, the name Lavrica is a univerbation of *Lavričeva vas (literally, 'village belonging to Lavro/Laver'), thus referring to an early inhabitant of the place.[5]

History

Archaeological finds in Lavrica attest to early settlement of the site. Bronze items from pile-dwellers include a pin and a beaver trap. The Roman road from Emona to Neviodunum ran through the settlement along the same main route used today. A school was established in Lavrica in 1926. The building burned down in 1944 and was rebuilt in 1947. Lavrica became an independent settlement after the Second World War.[4]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Lavrica include:

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Škofljica municipal site
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 112.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 417.
  5. ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 228.

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