The Glinščica () is a stream in Slovenia.

Geography

The source of Glinščica Creek is on the eastern slope of Peštota Hill (590 m) below the settlement of

Toško Čelo Toško Čelo () is a dispersed settlement on the slope of the hill known as Tošč Face ( sl, Toško čelo), part of the Polhov Gradec Hills, west of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper C ...

and north of the

Kucja Valley The Kucja Valley ( sl, Kucja dolina) is a blind valley on the outskirts of Ljubljana, central Slovenia. Administratively, it belongs to the Dravlje District. The name may be derived from Slovene ''kucelj'' 'hill, rise', referring to the terminus of ...

. It then flows through the Ljubljana neighborhood of Glinica (or Glince), between the neighborhoods of Kamna Gorica and Podutik (where it is crossed by the stone one-arch

Kavšek Bridge The Kavšek Bridge ( sl, Kavškov most) or Kauschegg Bridge ( sl, Kauscheggov most; the historical Slovene name inscribed on the bridge), sometimes listed as the Karchegger Bridge (), is a one-arch stone bridge crossing Glinščica Creek in Podutik ...

and a new bridge for motorized traffic), briefly along the Path of Remembrance and Comradeship, and then southwest of Rožnik Hill and through the

Rožna Dolina Rožna Dolina (; it, Valdirose, german: link=no, Rosenthal) is one of the four suburbs of the town of Nova Gorica in western Slovenia (the others being Solkan, Kromberk, and Pristava). It is on the border with Italy. Before 1947, it used to be ...

neighborhood before joining the Gradaščica River in the

Vič District The Vič District (; Slovene: ''Četrtna skupnost Vič''), or simply Vič, is a district () of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It encompasses the western part of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is named after the former village of Vič ...

. Most of its lower course through Ljubljana is channelized.

Name

Glinščica Creek was probably originally called the ''Glinica'', from which the names of Ljubljana's Glinica and

Glince Glince (, german: Gleinitz or ''Gleinitz bei Waitsch'Amtsblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung''. 1857, no. 162 (20 July), p. 502.) is a former settlement in central Slovenia in the southwest part of the capital Ljubljana. It belongs to the Vič District ...

neighborhoods were derived, after which the name ''Glinščica'' was re-derived from the settlement. In any case, both the name of the stream and the name of the settlement are derived from the common noun ''glina'' '

clay Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4). Clays develop plasticity when wet, due to a molecular film of water surrounding the clay par ...

' via the derived noun ''*glinьnica'' '

clay pit A clay pit is a quarry or mine for the extraction of clay, which is generally used for manufacturing pottery, bricks or Portland cement. Quarries where clay is mined to make bricks are sometimes called brick pits. A brickyard or brickworks is of ...

'. The stream is also occasionally known as the ''Glanščica''.

History

Eyewitness reports state that Glinščica Creek was poisoned by seepage from the Big Brezar Shaft () and ran red with blood after the post–Second World War massacre of POWs in the Kucja Valley.Dežman, Jože. 2008. ''Poročilo Komisije vlade Republike Slovenije za reševanje vprašanj prikritih grobišč: 2005–2008''. Ljubljana: Družina. File:Kavsek Bridge - Ljubljana Slovenia.JPG, The Kavšek Bridge crossing the Glinščica in Podutik was built in 1901. File:Confluence of the Gradascica and Glinscica - Ljubljana Slovenia.JPG, Confluence of the Gradaščica River (left) with Glinščica Creek (right) in Vič File:Glinscica 22 Oct 2014.JPG, The Glinščica flooding in 2014

References

External links

Glinščica Creek on Geopedia
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