Boršt (; german: Forst
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 74.]) is a small
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 ...
on the left bank of the
Krka River in the
Municipality of Brežice
The Municipality of Brežice (; sl, Občina Brežice) is a municipality in eastern Slovenia in the Lower Sava Valley along the border with Croatia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Brežice. The area was traditionally divided between ...
in eastern
Slovenia
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. The area is part of the traditional region of
Lower Carniola
Lower Carniola ( sl, Dolenjska; german: Unterkrain) is a traditional region in Slovenia, the southeastern part of the historical Carniola region.
Geography
Lower Carniola is delineated by the Ljubljana Basin with the city of Ljubljana to the no ...
. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the
Lower Sava Statistical Region
The Lower Sava Statistical Region ( sl, Posavska statistična regija; until December 31, 2014 ) is a statistical region in Slovenia. It has good traffic accessibility and is located in the Sava and Krka Valleys, with hilly areas with vineyards and ...
.
Name
The name ''Boršt'' is a relatively frequent name for settlements, regions, and hills in Slovenia. It is derived from the common noun ''boršt'' 'woods, forest', borrowed from Middle High German ''for(e)st'' 'woods, forest'. Boršt was attested in written sources as ''Vorst'' in 1343.
References
External links
Boršt on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Brežice
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