Srobotnik (; german: Gutenberg,
[Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. ''Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem''. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.] sometimes ''Guttenberg'',
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 ...
: ''Liəlochpargəl''
[Petschauer, Erich. 1980. "Die Gottscheer Siedlungen – Ortsnamenverzeichnis." In ''Das Jahrhundertbuch der Gottscheer'' (pp. 181–197). Klagenfurt: Leustik.]) is a remote abandoned settlement in the
Municipality of Dolenjske Toplice
The Municipality of Dolenjske Toplice () is a municipality near Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia. Its seat is the town of Dolenjske Toplice. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the S ...
in southern
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 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
Občice
Občice (; in older sources also ''Občica'',''Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine''. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 471. german: Krapflern,Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. ''Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem''. Kočevje: ...
.
Name
The name ''Srobotnik'' is based on the common Slovene noun ''srobot'' '
clematis' with the addition of the associative suffix '-nik'. The Gottschee German name ''Liəlochpargəl'' is semantically similar, derived from the dialect word ''Lieloch'' 'clematis' (from
Middle High German
Middle High German (MHG; german: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High German and into Early New High German. High ...
''liele''
) + ''pargəl'' 'little mountain'. The names thus refer to the local vegetation. The standard German name ''Gutenberg'' (literally, 'good mountain') may simply be an optimistic name expressing wishes for a good harvest.
History
Srobotnik was a
Gottschee German village. The settlement was not mentioned in the land registry of 1574 or the census of 1770, and so it was probably a more recent settlement.
In 1931 it had 10 houses and a population of 31. The inhabitants were evicted in the fall of 1941. During the Rog Offensive in the summer of 1942, Italian forces burned the village and it was never rebuilt.
[Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 532.]
References
External links
Srobotnik on GeopediaPre–World War II list of oeconyms and family names in Srobotnik
Former populated places in the Municipality of Dolenjske Toplice
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