Trata () is a former settlement in central
Slovenia in the northwest part of the capital
Ljubljana. It belongs to the
Å entvid District
The Å entvid District (; sl, ÄŒetrtna skupnost Å entvid), or simply Å entvid, is a district () of the City Municipality of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is named after the former village of Å entvid.
Geography
The Å entvid District is ...
of the
City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is part of the traditional region of
Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the
Central Slovenia Statistical Region.
Geography
The older part of Trata stands at the edge of the plain immediately south of
Å entvid, 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
Middle High German ''trat'' 'meadow'.
History
In the 1900 census Trata had a population of 59 living in 10 houses,
[''Leksikon obÄin 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 Å entvid nad Ljubljano
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...
. The Å tora textile factory was established in Trata in 1919.
By the 1930s, Trata was connected to the
Ljubljana tram network.
Trata was annexed by Å entvid in 1961, ending its existence as an independent settlement. Trata later became part of Ljubljana when Å entvid 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
Tine may refer to:
*Tine (structural), a 'prong' on a fork or similar implement, or any similar structure
*Tine (company), the biggest dairy producer in Norway
* ''Tine'' (film), a 1964 Danish film
*Tine, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Ira ...
(1895–1942), communist activist and People's Hero of Yugoslavia
References
External links
Trata on Geopedia
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Localities of Ljubljana
Å entvid District