Trata () is a former settlement in central

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in the northwest part of the capital

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. It belongs to the

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of the

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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

The older part of Trata stands at the edge of the plain immediately south of Šentvid, extending east of the railroad to Jesenice,Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 386. and the newer part stands near Klagenfurt Street (''Celovška cesta''). There are meadows near the houses further from the main road, and fields to the east where the soil is sandy.

Name

Trata was attested in historical sources as ''Tratten'' in 1414 and ''Traten'' in 1428. The name ''Trata'' occurs several times in Slovenia. It is derived from the Slovene common noun ''trata'' 'small treeless meadow', which was borrowed from

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''trat'' 'meadow'.

History

In the 1900 census Trata had a population of 59 living in 10 houses,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 114. and in the 1931 census 81 people living in 14 houses. It was part of the Parish of Šentvid nad Ljubljano. The Štora textile factory was established in Trata in 1919. By the 1930s, Trata was connected to the Ljubljana tram network. Trata was annexed by Šentvid in 1961, ending its existence as an independent settlement. Trata later became part of Ljubljana when Šentvid was annexed by Ljubljana in 1974. The Žibert Inn is a landmark of Trata. The original inn was razed in the 1970s, when Klagenfurt Street was widened, and the business was relocated into an adjacent building.Mrak, Andrej. 1984. "Zapuže." ''Javna tribuna'' (Ljubljana–Šiška) 24(249) (October): 15.
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Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Trata include: * Tine Rožanc (1895–1942), communist activist and

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References

External links

Trata on Geopedia
{{Ljubljana Localities of Ljubljana Šentvid District