Jama () is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

on the right bank of the

Sava River The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally t ...

in the Municipality of Kranj in the

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 ...

region of

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Geography

Jama stands above Lake Trboje—the reservoir of the

Mavčiče Hydroelectric Plant Mavčiče (; german: Mautschitsch''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 54.) is a village on the right bank of the Sava River in the Municip ...

, which was created in 1986—and the now-submerged Zarica Gorge. The gorge is composed of conglomerate rock, which was used to make millstones. A cave known as Ulrich's Grotto ( sl, Urhov kevder) lies below the village in the former gorge. The cave is long.

Name

Jama was attested in historical sources as ''Luͦg'' in 1291, ''Lug'' in 1383, ''Ernluͤg'' in 1392, and ''Lueg'' in 1497, among other variations. The historical German name (cf.

Old High German Old High German (OHG; german: Althochdeutsch (Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally covering the period from around 750 to 1050. There is no standardised or supra-regional form of German at this period, and Old High ...

''luog'' 'cave, den') and the modern Slovene name ''Jama'' (literally, 'cave') refer to the local geography.

Church

The village church is dedicated to Saint Leonard.Družina RC Church journal site
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References

External links

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Jama on Geopedia
Populated places in the City Municipality of Kranj {{Kranj-geo-stub