Mrzli Potok (; german: Kaltenbrunn,
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 37.][Petschauer, Erich. 1980. "Die Gottscheer Siedlungen – Ortsnamenverzeichnis." In ''Das Jahrhundertbuch der Gottscheer'' (pp. 181–197). Klagenfurt: Leustik, p. 185.] Gottscheerish
Gottscheerish (''Göttscheabarisch'',Maridi Tscherne: Wörterbuch Gottscheerisch-Slowenisch. Einrichtung für die Erhaltung des Kulturerbes Nesseltal, Koprivnik/Nesseltal 2010. german: Gottscheerisch, sl, kočevarščina) is an Upper German ...
: ''Kaotnprunn''
) is a remote abandoned settlement in the
Municipality of Kočevje
The Municipality of Kočevje (; sl, Občina Kočevje) is a municipality in southern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the city of Kočevje. Today it is part of the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. In terms of area, it is the larg ...
in southern
Slovenia
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. The area is part of the traditional region of
Lower Carniola and is now included in the
Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. Its territory is now part of the village of
Gotenica
Gotenica (; in older sources also ''Gotnica'', german: Göttenitz,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 36.Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. ''Nekdanji ...
.
Name
The Slovene name ''Mrzli Potok'' literally means 'cold creek'. It is semantically similar to the German name ''Kaltenbrunn'', literally, 'cold spring. There is a spring at the site of the former settlement known as Cold Spring ( sl, Mrzli studenec).
History
A small settlement known as ''Brunn bei Masern'' (literally, 'spring near
Grčarice
Grčarice (; locally also ''Grčav(i)ce'',Snoj, Marko. 2009. ''Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen''. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 152. in older sources also ''Gerčarice'', german: Masern,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in de ...
') existed in the land registry of 1574, cited therein as ''Beim Prun'' ('by the spring'). It had one full farm divided into two half farms, corresponding to a population between eight and 12. It was not mentioned in the 1770 census, and Erich Petschauer concludes that it was absorbed into Grčarice.
However, Ivan Simonič identifies Brunn bei Masern with Mrzli Potok.
In the 19th century, a steam-powered sawmill owned by the
Auersperg noble family operated at Mrzli Potok.
It was established in 1871. Before the Second World War the settlement had five houses
[Ciglar, Milan. 1976. ''Untersuchungen über die Folgen der Entvölkerung einer waldreichen Kulturlandschaft, dargestellt am Beispiel des Gottscheer Landes: ein Beitrag zur Quantifizierung einer Kulturlandschaft als Grundlage für die Raum- und Landschaftsplanung''. Doctoral dissertation. Freiburg: Author, p. 201.] with a variable population.
References
External links
Gotenica with the territory of Mrzli Potok (unlabeled) on Geopedia
Former populated places in the Municipality of Kočevje
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