Kot (, sometimes ''Podkot''
[''Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung'', no. 141. November 24, 1849, p. 8.]) is a former settlement in the
Municipality of Vodice in central
Slovenia
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. It is now part of the village of
Koseze. The area is part of the traditional region of
Upper Carniola
Upper Carniola ( sl, Gorenjska; it, Alta Carniola; german: Oberkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jesenic ...
. The municipality is now included in the
Central Slovenia Statistical Region
The Central Slovenia Statistical Region ( sl, Osrednjeslovenska statistična regija) is a statistical region in central Slovenia.
Geography
This is the second-largest region in terms of territory. It has a total area of 2,555 km², with a ...
.
Geography
Kot stands east of the main settlement of Koseze, along the road to
Mengeš
Mengeš (; german: Mannsburg''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 28.) is a settlement in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is the ...
at the intersection with a road to
Šinkov Turn.
Koseze Hill (elevation ) rises above the settlement, with the Strmec Combe cutting into the slope due north.
Name
The name ''Kot'' is shared by several villages in Slovenia. It comes from the common noun ''kot'' 'closed valley, combe', referring to the place where a valley ends, closed in by mountains or hills. In some older sources, the names of Koseze and Kot were written together as a paired settlement; for example, ''Kosese in Podkot''
(german: Koses und Podot),
''Koseze in Kot''
(german: Koses und Kot),
or ''Koseze-Kot''.
[''Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine''. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 208.] The variant name ''Podkot'' is a fused prepositional phrase (''pod'' 'below' + ''kot'' combe) that has lost case inflection, referring to the Strmec Combe.
History
Together with neighboring Koseze and
Potok, Kot was annexed by Šinkov Turn in 1953, ending its existence as an independent settlement.
In 1955, Koseze was made a separate settlement again, together with Kot as a hamlet in the settlement.
References
External links
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Kot on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Vodice
Former settlements in Slovenia
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