Moste () is a formerly independent settlement in the east-central part of the capital

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in central

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. It belongs to the

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. It is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the

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. Ljubljana's

Moste District The Moste District (; sl, Četrtna skupnost Moste), or simply Moste, is a district () of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It encompasses the east-central part of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is named after the former village of Most ...

is named after Moste.

Geography

Moste is a settlement that originally stood on the left bank of the

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on a bend just east of the mouth of the Gruber Canal.

Name

Moste was attested in historical sources as ''Prukke'' in 1324 and ''dorf ze Pruk'' in 1330, both names corresponding to the modern German word ''Brücke'' 'bridge'. The Slovene name ''Moste'' is derived from the common noun ''most'' 'bridge', referring to a settlement where there was a bridge. Today's feminine plural name was probably originally a locative masculine singular (*''pri mostě'' 'at the bridge') that was later reanalyzed.

History

Moste was attested as a village in the 14th century. Together with the entire former Municipality of Moste, Moste was annexed by Ljubljana in 1935, ending its existence as a separate settlement. Moste had a population of a population of 506 (in 64 houses) in 1880, 552 (in 75 houses) in 1900, and 857 (in 94 houses) in 1931.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Moste include: * France Skobl (1877–1964), politician, elected mayor of Moste in 1921 * Olga Vipotnik (1923–2009),

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References

External links

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Moste on Geopedia
{{Ljubljana Localities of Ljubljana Moste District