Plešivica () is a settlement west of
Notranje Gorice in the
Municipality of Brezovica
The Municipality of Brezovica ( sl, Občina Brezovica) is a municipality in central Slovenia, just south of its capital Ljubljana. It has approximately 9,300 inhabitants. Its administrative centre is the settlement of Brezovica pri Ljubljani. It ...
in central
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
. The municipality is part of the traditional region of
Inner Carniola and is now included in the
Central Slovenia Statistical Region.
Name
Plešivica was first attested in written sources in 1414 as ''Plesowicz'' and ''Plysowicz'' (and as ''Plisowicz'' in 1418 and ''Plessibicz'' in 1437). The name is derived from the Slovene adjective ''plešiv'' 'bare, without trees' and originally referred to a bare hill without tree cover.
History
Plešivica formerly included the hamlets of
Podplešivica
Podplešivica () is a settlement in the Municipality of Brezovica in central Slovenia. It lies in the marshlands south of the capital Ljubljana between Notranje Gorice and Log pri Brezovici. The municipality is part of the traditional region of In ...
and
Žabnica. Both of them became independent settlements in 1987.
Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Žabnica.
References
External links
Plešivica on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Brezovica
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