Grahovo ob Bači (; it, Gracova Serravalle) is a village on the Bača River in the

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in the

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region of

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Grahovo'' to ''Grahovo ob Bači'' (literally, 'Grahovo on the Bača River') in 1955. The name is believed to have the same origin as Grahovo in the Municipality of Cerknica. If so, it is probably derived from the personal name ''Grah'', which is still preserved as a surname in Slovenia and is probably borrowed from the

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name ''Gracco''. The place name would thus mean 'Grah's (village)'. Another possible derivation is from the common noun ''*grahovišče'' 'pea field' via the contracted form ''*grahovše''. Direct derivation from the Slovene common noun ''grah'' 'pea' is unlikely because of the rarity of such names and the suffixation pattern.

Church

The

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in the settlement is dedicated to

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and belongs to the

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Other cultural heritage

The village was one of the main filming locations for the 1948 film ''

On Our Own Land ''On Our Own Land'' ( sl, Na svoji zemlji) is a 1948 film directed by France Štiglic. It was the first Slovene sound feature film. It was released on 21 November 1948 in Union Cinema () in Ljubljana, received great public acclaim, and was enter ...

''.Delo 14 November 2008 ''60th Anniversary of First Slovene Film''
/ref> The east end of the Bukovo Tunnel () on the

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stands in the easternmost part of the settlement's territory.

Gallery

File:Razglednica Grahovega ob Bači.jpg, Old postcard of Grahovo ob Bači File:Grahovo ob Bači Slovenia - tunnel.jpg, The Bukovo Tunnel east of Grahovo ob Bači

References

External links

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Grahovo ob Bači on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Tolmin {{Tolmin-geo-stub