Potok () is a former settlement in the

Municipality of Vodice Vodice (; german: Woditz''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 32–33.) is a settlement in the Municipality of Vodice in the Upper Carniol ...

in central

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. It is now part of the village of Šinkov Turn. The area is part of the traditional region of

Upper Carniola Upper Carniola ( sl, Gorenjska; it, Alta Carniola; german: Oberkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jeseni ...

. The municipality is now included in the

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Geography

Potok lies in the

Skaručna Basin The Skaručna Basin (; sl, Skaruško polje) is part of the Ljubljana Basin in Slovenia. Geography The Skaručna Basin has a characteristic mixed cultural landscape, with meadows, tilled fields, pastures, watercourses, vegetation corridors, hedger ...

east of the center of Šinkov Turn. It consists of two parts: Zgornji Potok ('upper Potok') and Spodnji Potok ('lower Potok').''Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine''. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 209. A tributary of Graben Creek flows west of Potok.

Name

The name ''Potok'' comes from the Slovene common noun ''potok'' 'creek'. Toponyms containing the element ''potok'' 'creek' are common in Slovenia. In some older sources, the names of Potok and Šinkov Turn were written together as a paired settlement; for example, ''Potok-Šinkovturn'' (german: Potok-Schenkenthurn).

History

Potok was annexed by Šinkov Turn in 1953, ending its existence as an independent settlement.''Spremembe naselij 1948–95''. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.

References

External links

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Potok on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Vodice Former settlements in Slovenia {{Vodice-geo-stub