Todraž () is a small settlement southeast of Gorenja Vas in the

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in the

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region of

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Name

The name Todraž was first attested in written sources as ''Witodras'' in 1291 and 1381 (and ''Wittodrasy'' in 1501). These transcriptions indicate that it is derived from ''*Vitodraž'', in turn based on the Slavic personal name ''Vitodrag''.

Uranium mine

The headquarters of the Žirovski Vrh

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are in the settlement. The mine was permanently closed in the 1990s and the site has been cleaned up by the company in charge of closing the mine, Rudnik Žirovski Vrh, based in Todraž.Žirovski Vrh Mine, public company for the closure of the mine, site

References

External links

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Todraž on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Gorenja vas-Poljane {{GorenjavasPoljane-geo-stub