Vodmat (; in older sources also ''Udmat'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 110–111. german: Udmath) is a formerly independent settlement in the eastern part of the capital

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in central

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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

Vodmat lies immediately east of the historical center of Ljubljana, south of the railroad to Moste, on either side of the railroad to Lower Carniola, and extending past the

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to the south, into the area north of the

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, encompassing the Kodeljevo neighborhood and Kodeljevo Castle ( sl, Kodeljev grad, german: Thurn an der Laibach).

Name

Vodmat is locally known as ''Udmat''. The name is originally a

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, derived from Slavic ''*vodomǫtъ'' 'turbid, cloudy water', and probably refers to a stream that clouded the water that it emptied into. An alternate but less likely theory derives the name from the participle ''*odъmǫt-'' 'grown around'. Toponyms of the same origin include '' Udmat'' in Slovenia, and '' Wudmath'' ( sl, Vudmat) and ''

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'' in Austria.

History

Vodmat developed from an old farming village that already existed in the Middle Ages. After the

1895 Ljubljana earthquake An earthquake struck Ljubljana, the capital and largest city of Carniola, a crown land of Austria-Hungary and the capital of modern-day Slovenia, on Easter Sunday, 14 April 1895. It was the most, and the last, destructive earthquake in the area ...

, Vodmat started being built up with single-story housing for workers and civil servants.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 337–338. Agriculture was abandoned in Vodmat by the early 20th century due to urbanization. The part of Vodmat lying west of the railroad to Lower Carniola was annexed by the City of Ljubljana in 1896. This was then known as ''Stari Vodmat'' 'old Vodmat', distinguishing it from ''Novi Vodmat'' 'new Vodmat' east of the railroad and outside the city limits. The remainder of Vodmat was annexed by the City of Ljubljana in 1935, ending its existence as an independent settlement.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Vodmat include: * Janez Cigler (1792–1867), writer

References

External links

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Vodmat on Geopedia (unlabeled)
{{Ljubljana Localities of Ljubljana Moste District Center District, Ljubljana