Lazec (; formerly also ''Laze'';''Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung'', no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 41. german: Gehack''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 34. or ''Gehag (bei Obergrass)'', Gottschee German: ''Gəhack''Petschauer, Erich. 1980. "Die Gottscheer Siedlungen – Ortsnamenverzeichnis." In ''Das Jahrhundertbuch der Gottscheer'' (pp. 181–197). Klagenfurt: Leustik.) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in the

Municipality of Loški Potok The Municipality of Loški Potok (; sl, Občina Loški Potok) is a municipality in southern Slovenia. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. The municipal administr ...

in southern

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, close to the border with

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included in the

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. There is a pond along the road to

Hrib–Loški Potok Hrib–Loški Potok (; sl, Hrib - Loški Potok) is a village in the Municipality of Loški Potok in southern Slovenia. It is also the administrative centre of the municipality. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is ...

and another on the road to Stari Kot. The pond towards Stari Kot is walled and stands below Prištal Spring, which is also walled. Before the Second World War the pond was regularly cleaned and used for swimming by the locals. There are karst sinkholes near the pond below the road.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 230–231.

Name

''Lazec'' and toponyms like it (e.g., '' Laze'', ''

Novi Lazi Novi Lazi (; german: Hinterberg,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 40.Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. ''Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevsk ...

'', ''

Ribčev Laz Ribčev Laz (, german: Fischgereuth) is a settlement on Lake Bohinj in the Municipality of Bohinj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Most of the settlement consists of hotels and holiday homes. Churches The local church dedicated to John ...

'') are derived from the common Slovene noun ''laz'' ' clearing', thus referring to a local geographical feature. It was named by loggers that founded the settlement while clearing the forest.Ferenc, Mitja, & Gojko Zupan. 2012. ''Izgubljene kočevske vasi'', vol. 2 (K–P). Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani, p. 99. For the German name, cf. the common noun and microtoponym ''Gehack'' 'logged land, cleared land, lumbering'.Jung, Irene. 1985. ''Flurnamen an der mittleren Lahn''. Giessen: Schmitz, p. 60.

History

Lazec was a Gottschee German village. Although the settlement was not listed in the Gottschee land registry of 1574 or in the 1770 census, it was mentioned by

Johann Weikhard von Valvasor Johann Weikhard Freiherr von Valvasor or Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor ( sl, Janez Vajkard Valvasor, ) or simply Valvasor (baptised on 28 May 1641 – September or October 1693) was a natural historian and polymath from Carniola, pr ...

in 1689. In 1869 the village had 15 houses and a population of 78, and in 1880 a population of 89. No Slovene residents were recorded in the village until 1890. In 1931 Lazec had a population of 112, equally divided between ethnic Slovenes and Germans. The Gottschee German residents were evicted in November 1941, after which the Slovene population allied itself with the Partisans. On 11 August 1942, Italian forces transported all of the remaining men of the village to a concentration camp at

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. After the

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, two families moved to Lazec from Stari Kot and one from

Novi Kot Novi Kot (; german: Neuwinkel''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 34.) is a dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Loški Potok in so ...

References

External links

Lazec on GeopediaPre–World War II list of oeconyms and family names in Lazec
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lazec, Loski Potok Populated places in the Municipality of Loški Potok