Selce, Zagorje Ob Savi
Selce (pronounced [ˈseːu̯tsɛ], German: Selze) is a former village in central Slovenia in the Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi. It is now part of the village of Tirna. It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included in the Central Sava Statistical Region.
Road sign for Selce
Geography
Selce stands on a hill east of Tirna above the Mošenik Gorge (Slovene: Mošenjska grapa). It is connected to Tirna by a road through the hamlet of Brezovica.
Name
The name Selce is a plural diminutive of the common noun selo 'settlement, village'. It is related to toponyms such as Selo, Sela, and Selca.
History
Selce had a population of 34 (in five houses) in 1890 and 26 (in six houses) in 1900. Selce was annexed by Tirna in 1953, ending its existence as a separate settlement.
References
- ^ Special-Orts-Repertorium von Krain (PDF). Vienna: Alfred Hölder. 1884. p. 76.
- ^ Savnik, Roman (1976). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 461.
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 371.
- ^ Special-Orts-Repertorium von Krain (PDF). Vienna: Alfred Hölder. 1894. p. 69.
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko (PDF). Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 97.
- ^ Marinković, Dragan (1991). Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990 (PDF). Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. pp. 90, 106.
- ^ Razširjeni seznam sprememb naselij: od 1948 do 1964: (poimenovanja, združevanja, odcepitve, pristavki, razglastive in ukinitve). Ljubljana: Zavod SR Slovenije za statistiko. 1965. pp. 89, 111.
External links
Media related to Selce at Wikimedia Commons- Selce on Geopedia
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