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Grgar
Grgar (; it, Gargaro) is a village in western Slovenia in the Municipality of Nova Gorica. It is located under Holy Mount ( sl, Sveta gora), above the Soča Valley and below the Banjšice Plateau. Name Grgar was mentioned in written sources 1370 as ''Gaergaer'' and in 1389 as ''Grêgôr''. For phonological and morphological reasons, the latter transcription appears to be a hypercorrection and not connected with Saint Gregory or the name ''Gregor'' 'Gregory'. Instead, the name may be derived from another Romance base, perhaps ''*gregārius'' 'shepherd'. Mass graves Grgar is the site of two known mass graves associated with the Second World War. The Podgomila Shaft Mass Grave ( sl, Grobišče Brezno Podgomila), also known as the Miljavec Shaft Mass Grave (), is located on the left side of the road to Grgarske Ravne, about north of Grgar. It contains the remains of Home Guard and Italian prisoners of war, and Slovene and Italian civilians murdered in May 1945. The Jošč Shaft Mass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grgarske Ravne
Grgarske Ravne (; it, Raune) is a settlement north of Grgar in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in western Slovenia. It is located on the Banjšice Plateau and it forms a local community together with the nearby village of Bate, Nova Gorica, Bate. References External linksGrgarske Ravne on Geopedia Populated places in the City Municipality of Nova Gorica {{NovaGorica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mass Graves In Slovenia
Mass graves in Slovenia were created in Slovenia as the result of extrajudicial killings during and after the Second World War. These clandestine mass graves are also known as "concealed mass graves" ( sl, prikrita grobišča) or "silenced mass graves" () because their existence was concealed under the communist regime from 1945 to 1990.Ferenc, Mitja, & Ksenija Kovačec-Naglič. 2005. ''Prikrito in očem zakrito: prikrita grobišča 60 let po koncu druge svetovne vojne''. Ljubljana: Muzej novejše zgodovine. Some of the sites, such as the mass graves in Maribor, include some of the largest mass graves in Europe. Nearly 600 such sites have been registered by the Commission on Concealed Mass Graves in Slovenia, containing the remains of up to 100,000 victims. They have been compared by the Slovenian historian Jože Dežman to the Killing Fields in Cambodia. Background Many of the mass graves were created during the war, but the larger sites date from after the war. The wartime grav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banjšice Plateau
The Banjšice Plateau ( sl, Banjška planota, also or , it, Altopiano della Bainsizza) is a karst plateau in western Slovenia, in the traditional region of Goriška. It is a widely settled area, distinguished by its history and biodiversity. Geographically, it belongs to the Dinaric Alps. Geography The plateau lies about north of the town of Nova Gorica, above the Soča River to the west, the Idrijca to the north, and the narrow and deep Čepovan Valley to the east and the south. It covers about , raises from the west towards the east, and is about high in its central part. The climate is mainly continental, though with plenty of precipitation and a long-lasting snow cover, except for the southern slopes that are subjected to the Mediterranean influences. The rocks are mainly dolomite and limestone, with some flysch in the northern and southern areas. The surface has been shaped by a number of tectonic faults, with the largest, the Avče Fault, dividing the plateau into the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Municipality Of Nova Gorica
The City Municipality of Nova Gorica (; sl, Mestna občina Nova Gorica) is a municipality in the traditional region of the Slovene Littoral in western Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the city of Nova Gorica. Nova Gorica became a municipality in 1994. Settlements In addition to the municipal seat of Nova Gorica, the municipality also includes the following settlements: * Ajševica * Banjšice * Bate * Branik * Brdo * Budihni * Čepovan * Dornberk * Draga * Dragovica * Gradišče nad Prvačino * Grgar * Grgarske Ravne * Kromberk * Lazna * Loke * Lokovec * Lokve * Nemci * Osek * Ozeljan * Pedrovo * Podgozd * Potok pri Dornberku * Preserje * Pristava * Prvačina * Ravnica * Rožna Dolina * Saksid * Šempas * Šmaver * Šmihel * Solkan * Spodnja Branica * Stara Gora * Steske * Sveta Gora * Tabor * Trnovo * Vitovlje * Voglarji * Zalošče Politics The municipality of Nova Gorica is governed by a mayor, elected every four years by popular vote, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality Of Nova Gorica
The City Municipality of Nova Gorica (; sl, Mestna občina Nova Gorica) is a municipality in the traditional region of the Slovene Littoral in western Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the city of Nova Gorica. Nova Gorica became a municipality in 1994. Settlements In addition to the municipal seat of Nova Gorica, the municipality also includes the following settlements: * Ajševica * Banjšice * Bate * Branik * Brdo * Budihni * Čepovan * Dornberk * Draga * Dragovica * Gradišče nad Prvačino * Grgar * Grgarske Ravne * Kromberk * Lazna * Loke * Lokovec * Lokve * Nemci * Osek * Ozeljan * Pedrovo * Podgozd * Potok pri Dornberku * Preserje * Pristava * Prvačina * Ravnica * Rožna Dolina * Saksid * Šempas * Šmaver * Šmihel * Solkan * Spodnja Branica * Stara Gora * Steske * Sveta Gora * Tabor * Trnovo * Vitovlje * Voglarji * Zalošče Politics The municipality of Nova Gorica is governed by a mayor, elected every four years by popular vote, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matej Bor
Matej Bor was the pen name of Vladimir Pavšič (14 April 1913 – 29 September 1993), who was a Slovene poet, translator, playwright, journalist, and Partisan. Biography Matej Bor was born as Vladimir Pavšič in the village of Grgar near Gorizia, in what was then the Austrian County of Gorizia and Gradisca and is today part of the Slovenian municipality of Nova Gorica. After the Italian annexation of the Julian March in 1920, the family moved to Celje, which was then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. After finishing his studies at the Celje High School, Vladimir enrolled at the University of Ljubljana, where he studied Slovene and Slavic philology. After graduation, he worked as a journalist and professor in Maribor. When the Axis powers invaded Yugoslavia in April 1941, he escaped from Nazi-occupied Maribor to the Italian-occupied Province of Ljubljana. In the summer of the same year he joined the Communist-led partisan resistance, where he worked in the ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Slovenia
Slovenia is divided into 212 municipalities ( Slovene: ''občine'', singular'' občina''), of which 12 have urban (metropolitan) status. Municipalities are further divided into local communities and districts. Slovene is an official language of all the municipalities. Hungarian is a second official language of three municipalities in Prekmurje: Dobrovnik/Dobronak, Hodoš/Hodos, and Lendava/Lendva. Italian is a second official language of four municipalities (of which one has urban status) in the Slovene Littoral The Slovene Littoral ( sl, Primorska, ; it, Litorale; german: Küstenland) is one of the five traditional regions of Slovenia. Its name recalls the former Austrian Littoral (''Avstrijsko Primorje''), the Habsburg possessions on the upper Adria ...: Ankaran/Ancarano, Izola/Isola, Koper/Capodistria, and Piran/Pirano. In the EU statistics, the municipalities of Slovenia are classified as "local administrative unit 2" (LAU 2), below 58 administrative units ('), which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture, and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorizia Statistical Region
The Gorizia Statistical Region ( sl, Goriška statistična regija) is a statistical region in western Slovenia, along the border with Italy. It is named after the Italian town of Gorizia (the feminine adjective ''goriška'' comes from the Slovenian name for Gorizia: ''Gorica''). The Julian Alps, the Soča River, and the Vipava Valley are the most prominent natural features of this region. It contributed just over 5% to total national GDP in 2012, but in terms of GDP per capita it ranked fourth in the country. In the same year, disposable income per capita in the region the highest, in second place behind the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. Housing stock estimates indicate that at the end of 2013 the region had the highest share of dwellings with three or more rooms (around 70%). The share of single-room dwellings was less than 10%. Dwellings here are larger than the Slovenian average, with 37 m² of usable floor space per person on average. The number of cars per 1,000 popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soča
The Soča ( in Slovene) or Isonzo ( in Italian; other names fur, Lusinç, german: Sontig, la, Aesontius or ') is a long river that flows through western Slovenia () and northeastern Italy (). An Alpine river in character, its source lies in the Trenta Valley in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia, at an elevation of . The river runs past the towns of Bovec, Kobarid, Tolmin, Kanal ob Soči, Nova Gorica (where it is crossed by the Solkan Bridge), and Gorizia, entering the Adriatic Sea close to the town of Monfalcone. It has a nival-pluvial regime in its upper course and pluvial-nival in its lower course. Prior to the First World War, the river ran parallel to the border between Kingdom of Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. During World War I, it was the scene of bitter fighting between the two countries, culminating in the Battle of Caporetto in 1917. Name The river was recorded in antiquity as ''Aesontius'', ''Sontius'', and ''Isontius''. Later attestations inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, covers , and has a population of 2.1 million (2,108,708 people). Slovenes constitute over 80% of the country's population. Slovene, a South Slavic language, is the official language. Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps. A sub-mediterranean climate reaches to the northern extensions of the Dinaric Alps that traverse the country in a northwest–southeast direction. The Julian Alps in the northwest have an alpine climate. Toward the northeastern Pannonian Basin, a continental climate is more pronounced. Ljubljana, the capital and largest city of Slovenia, is geogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypercorrection
In sociolinguistics, hypercorrection is non-standard use of language that results from the over-application of a perceived rule of language-usage prescription. A speaker or writer who produces a hypercorrection generally believes through a misunderstanding of such rules that the form is more "correct", standard, or otherwise preferable, often combined with a desire to appear formal or educated. Linguistic hypercorrection occurs when a real or imagined grammatical rule is applied in an inappropriate context, so that an attempt to be "correct" leads to an incorrect result. It does not occur when a speaker follows "a natural speech instinct", according to Otto Jespersen and Robert J. Menner. Hypercorrection can be found among speakers of less prestigious language varieties who attempt to produce forms associated with high-prestige varieties, even in situations where speakers of those varieties would not. Some commentators call such production ''hyperurbanism''. Hypercorrection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
