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Name

Jevnica was first attested in written sources in 1449 as ''an der Gelnicz''. The settlement is probably named after Jevnica Creek, a

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derived from the Slovene common noun ''jela'' ' fir', thus referring to the local vegetation. Locally, the settlement is also known as ''Vevnica'', an example of assimilation at a distance.

History

At the beginning of the 20th century, Jevnica had only three houses and was a hamlet of Kresniške Poljane. The oldest house in the settlement is the Šepak house, which was built from boards from boats used to navigate the Sava River. A school was established in the Šepak house in 1921. The railway station in the town was opened in 1927, and a separate building for the school was built in 1929. During the Second World War, a Partisan business committee was headquartered in Jevnica, and it was also on the Partisan's dispatch route between

and Styria. Many of the residents joined the Partisan movement on 6 January 1943. A plaque on the Pintar house states that the woman living there burned to death when German forces burned the house in November 1944. A community center with a store, bar, and hall was built in Jevnica in 1948.

Gallery

File:Jevnica bridge.jpg, Covered bridge over the Sava River in Jevnica

References

External links

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Jevnica on Geopedia
{{Authority control Populated places in the Municipality of Litija