Spodnja Zadobrova (; in older sources also ''Dolenja Zadobrova'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 106. german: Untersadobrawa) is a formerly independent settlement in the eastern part of the capital

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in central

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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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Geography

Spodnja Zadobrova is a compact village northwest of Zalog at the transition between higher gravelly land with fields and lower-lying meadows extending north to the Sava River. The soil is mostly sandy. Houses extend along the road from Zalog to Sneberje.

Name

The name ''Spodnja Zadobrova'' literally means 'lower Zadobrova', distinguishing the settlement from neighboring

Zgornja Zadobrova Zgornja Zadobrova (; in older sources also ''Gorenja Zadobrova'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 106–107. german: Obersadobrawa) i ...

(literally, 'upper Zadobrova'). The name ''Zadobrova'' is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost its case ending, from ''za'' 'behind' + ''dobrova'' (<

Common Slavic Proto-Slavic (abbreviated PSl., PS.; also called Common Slavic or Common Slavonic) is the unattested, reconstructed proto-language of all Slavic languages. It represents Slavic speech approximately from the 2nd millennium B.C. through the 6th ...

''*dǫbrova'') 'place where there is a deciduous or oak forest', in turn derived from ''*dǫbъ'' 'deciduous tree, oak'. Like similar names (e.g., '' Dobrova'', '' Dobrovce, Dobrovnik''), it originally referred to the local vegetation. In the past the German name was ''Untersadobrawa''.

History

Spodnja Zadobrova was annexed by the City of Ljubljana in 1982, ending its existence as an independent settlement.''Spremembe naselij 1948–95''. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Spodnja Zadobrova include: *

Pepca Kardelj Pepca Kardelj ( née Pepca Maček; February 20, 1914 — April 15, 1990) was a Slovene Partisan and political activist. She fought as a communist partisan during World War II in Yugoslavia. Life and career Kardelj became a member of the League ...

, née Maček (1914–1990), communist politician and wife of

Edvard Kardelj Edvard Kardelj (; 27 January 1910 – 10 February 1979), also known by the pseudonyms Bevc, Sperans and Krištof, was a Yugoslav politician and economist. He was one of the leading members of the Communist Party of Slovenia before World War II ...

Števanec, Lojze. 2002. ''Poslušalec.'' Murska Sobota: Franc-Franc, p. 130. *

Ivan Maček Ivan Maček, nom de guerre Matija (28 May 1908 – 10 July 1993), was a Yugoslav Communist politician from Slovenia who served as the President of the People's Assembly of SR Slovenia from 1963 to 1967. Biography Maček was born in Spodnj ...

(1908–1993), communist politician and

People's Hero of Yugoslavia The Order of the People's Hero or the Order of the National Hero ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Orden narodnog heroja, Oрден народног хероја; sl, Red narodnega heroja, mk, Oрден на народен херој, Orden na ...

* Milan Zabukovec (1923–1997), Partisan and

References

External links

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Zadobrova on Geopedia
{{Ljubljana Polje District Populated places in the City Municipality of Ljubljana