Davča (; german: Dautscha
) is a scattered settlement in the
Municipality of Železniki
The Municipality of Železniki (; sl, Občina Železniki) is a municipality in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Železniki.
The municipality was established in its current form on 3 October 1994, ...
in the
Upper Carniola region of
Slovenia.
Davščica
The Davščica, also the Davča, is a stream in 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 nor ...
Creek flows past the settlement. The
Cerkno Ski Resort
Cerkno Ski Resort is the Slovenian most modern ski resort on Črni Vrh nad Novaki hill near Davča opened in 1984. It is located 10 km away from centre of municipality Cerkno.
It offers total of 18 km ski slopes, 5 km tracks for ...
is partially located in the settlement.
Name
The settlement may have been attested in written sources in 1345 as ''de Dauonça'', but reliably in 1500 and 1515 as ''in der Allss''. The initial ''d-'' in the name is derived either from the Romance preposition ''ad'' 'at' or the German article ''d(ie)'', making the name related to place names such as ''
Avče
Avče (, it, Auzza) is a settlement on the left bank of the Soča River in the Municipality of Kanal ob Soči in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It includes the hamlets of Dolnji Avšček, Gor(e)nji Avšček, and Langa along Avšček Creek so ...
'' and probably related to the
Friulian hydronym ''Auzza'' or ''Aussa'', which is of pre-
Romance origin. It may ultimately be derived from
Celtic
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to:
Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
''*alika'' '
wild service tree' or ''*alisa'' 'alder'.
See ''
Dragonja'' for a similar name with a fused initial ''d-''.
References
External links
*
Davča on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Železniki
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