Brezovi Dol (; in older sources also ''Brezov Dol'', german: Birkenthal''Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung'', no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 42.) is a

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east of Ambrus in the

Municipality of Ivančna Gorica The Municipality of Ivančna Gorica (; sl, Občina Ivančna Gorica) is a municipality in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Ivančna Gorica. Ivančna Gorica became a municipa ...

in central

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, an ...

. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.

Name

The name ''Brezovi Dol'' literally means '

birch A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus ''Betula'' (), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams. It is closely related to the beech-oak family Fagaceae. The genus ''Betula'' contains 30 ...

valley', derived from the common noun ''breza'' '

'. Like similar toponyms in Slovenia (e.g., '' Brezova, Brezovec, Brezovci''), it originally referred to the local vegetation. The German name ''Birkenthal'' also means 'birch valley'.

History

During the Second World War, Italian forces burned a number of houses in the village in July 1942.

Cultural heritage

There is a chapel on the western outskirts of the village that incorporates a chapel-shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It dates from the late 19th century.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 16712

References

External links

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Brezovi Dol on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica {{IvančnaGorica-geo-stub