Vinje pri Moravčah (; german: Swine) is a small settlement in the
Municipality of Moravče
The Municipality of Moravče (; sl, Občina Moravče) is a municipality in the traditional region of Upper Carniola in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Moravče. Moravče became a municipality in 1994.
Settlements
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in central
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
Upper Carniola
Upper Carniola ( sl, Gorenjska; it, Alta Carniola; german: Oberkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jeseni ...
. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the
Central Slovenia Statistical Region
The Central Slovenia Statistical Region ( sl, Osrednjeslovenska statistična regija) is a statistical region in central Slovenia.
Geography
This is the second-largest region in terms of territory. It has a total area of 2,555 km², with a ...
. The settlement includes the hamlet of
Rožek.
[Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 109.]
Name
The Slovene name of the settlement was originally ''Svinje'' (sometimes ''Svine'').
The name was first attested in written sources in 1260 as ''Sweinz'' (and as ''Swinak'' in 1329, ''Zwinack'' in 1348, and ''Swein'' in 1439).
The name ''Svinje'' is believed to derive from the Slovene common noun ''svinja'' 'pig', referring to the fact that pigs were raised in the settlement.
An alternate theory suggests that the name was derived from ''So-vine'' 'group of vineyards'.
The name was changed from ''Svinje'' to ''Vinje pri Moravčah'' (evoking 'wine') as an ameliorative
semantic change
Semantic change (also semantic shift, semantic progression, semantic development, or semantic drift) is a form of language change regarding the evolution of word usage—usually to the point that the modern meaning is radically different from ...
in 1955.
[''Spremembe naselij 1948–95''. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.] See also ''
Sinja Gorica
Sinja Gorica (; german: Schweinbüchl''Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung'', no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 68. or Schweinsbüchel, later ''Scheinbüchel'') is a settlement immediately northwest of Vrhnika in the Inner Carniola region of Sloveni ...
'', ''
Svino
Svino () is a small village near Kobarid in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
The church in the village is dedicated to Saint Andrew. It is a small Gothic building with a star vaulted sanctuary.
Name
Svino was first attested in written sources i ...
'', and ''
Zavino'' for similar names.
History
The ruins of
Rožek Castle are located in the hamlet of Rožek. Rožek was a separate village until it was annexed by Vinje pri Moravčah in 1952.
References
External links
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Vinje pri Moravčah on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Moravče
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