Obrije (; in older sources also ''Obrje'') is a formerly independent settlement in the northeast part of the capital

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in central

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. It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.

Geography

Obrije lies along the road from Hrastje to Stožice. It is a linear village on a

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above the

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. Most of the houses stand on the edge of the terrace, but some also stand on a lower terrace further north, towards the river. Fields are located to the southeast.

Name

Obrije was attested in written sources in 1490 as ''Albriach''. The medieval transcriptions indicate that the name is not etymologically related to that of Abriach ( sl, Obrije), a village in Austria's

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. The name was originally ''*Olbr′ane'', a plural

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, probably derived from the pre-Romance root ''*alber-''. Liquid metathesis of this root also produced the Slovene dialect word ''laberje'' 'field debris, field detritus', indicating that the name ''Obrije'' referred to local geological conditions.

History

Obrije was annexed by the City of Ljubljana in 1982, ending its existence as an independent settlement.

Sizing plant

The Gradis construction company started operating a gravel pit in Obrije in 1952. A sizing plant was later built at the site and was used for construction of the Nove Jarše housing development and other needs; it was abandoned in the 1990s. The plant was damaged in a fire on 1 November 2008.PGD Zadobrova. Intervencije.

References

External links

Obrije on Geopedia
{{Ljubljana Localities of the Posavje District, Ljubljana