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Bled Cremeschnitte (blejska Kremšnita)
Bled (; ,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146. in older sources also ''Feldes'') is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper Carniolan region of northwestern Slovenia. It is one of Slovenia's most visited tourist destinations. The town is the administrative seat of the Municipality of Bled. Name The town was first attested in written sources as ''Ueldes'' in 1004 (and as ''Veldes'' in 1011). The etymology of the name is unknown and it is believed to be of pre-Slavic origin. The German name of the town, ''Veldes'', was either borrowed from Old Slovene ''*Beldъ'' before AD 800 or is derived from the same pre-Slavic source as the Slovene name. Geography Bled is located on the southern foot of the Karawanks mountain range near the border with Austria, about northwest of the national capital of Ljubljana. South of Lake Bled are the densely forested Pokljuka and Jelovica platea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bled Island
Lake Bled () is a lake in the Julian Alps of the Upper Carniolan region of northwestern Slovenia, where it adjoins the town of Bled. The area is a tourist destination. The lake is from Ljubljana International Airport and from the capital city, Ljubljana. Lake Bled is from the Lesce–Bled train station. Geography and history The lake is of mixed glacial and tectonic origin. It is long and wide, with a maximum depth of , and it has a small island. The lake lies in a picturesque environment, surrounded by mountains and forests. Lake Bled was an important cult centre during the Bronze Age. Gold appliqués dating from the 13th-12th century BC were found in a deposit by the lake shore. The embossed decorations on the appliqués are thought to represent the solar and lunar years. Similar appliqués have been discovered in Switzerland, Bavaria and Hungary, mainly in Bronze Age fortified settlements and in the graves of wealthy women. Medieval Bled Castle stands above the lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljubljana
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Valvasor - Grad Bled
Johann Weikhard Freiherr von Valvasor or Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor (, ) or simply Valvasor (baptised on 28 May 1641 – September or October 1693) was a natural historian and polymath from Carniola, present-day Slovenia, and a fellow of the Royal Society in London. He is known as a pioneer in the study of karst topography. Together with his other writings, until the late 19th century his best-known work—the 1689 '' Glory of the Duchy of Carniola'', published in 15 books in four volumes—was the main source for older Slovenian history, making him one of the precursors of modern Slovenian historiography. Biography Valvasor was born in the town of Ljubljana (Laibach), at the time the principal city of Duchy of Carniola, today the capital of Slovenia, to an aristocratic family originally from Bergamo, Italy. In the 16th century, it was Johann Baptist Valvasor who moved the Valvasor family to the Duchy of Carniola in central Europe, to a part of the Habsburg monar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Želeče
Želeče (, formerly ''Bled–Želeče''; ) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Bled in northwestern Slovenia. It is now part of the town of Bled. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Upper Carniola Statistical Region. Geography Želeče lies in the southern part of Bled, above the southeastern shore of Lake Bled Lake Bled () is a lake in the Julian Alps of the Upper Carniolan region of northwestern Slovenia, where it adjoins the town of Bled. The area is a tourist destination. The lake is from Ljubljana International Airport and from the capital ci .... It is located southwest of the former village of Zagorice. There is a cable lift from the southern part of Želeče to Straža Hill (elevation: ). Name Želeče was attested in written sources as ''Zilecca'' between 1070 and 1090, ''Schalchendorf'' in 1253, ''Zelleczach'' in 1366, and ''Ze Lëtschach'' in 1380, among other s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zagorice, Bled
Zagorice (, also ''Zagorica'' and formerly ''Bled–Zagorice''; or ''Auritz'') is a former settlement in the Municipality of Bled in northwestern Slovenia. It is now part of the town of Bled. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Upper Carniola Statistical Region. Geography Zagorice lies in the southern part of Bled, above the eastern shore of Lake Bled. Roads to Spodnje Gorje Spodnje Gorje () is the largest settlement in the Municipality of Gorje in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It includes the hamlets of Zgornji Graben, Furtuna, and Poljane on the Mežakla Plateau.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1968. ''Krajevni leksikon ..., Koritno, and Ribno branch off from Zagorice. Name Zagorice (a plural name) was attested in written sources as ''Aulatsch'' in 1253, ''Anraze'' in 1287, and ''Auratsch'' between 1306 and 1309, among other spellings, as well as ''Sagoritz'' between 1493 and 1501. The name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rečica, Bled
Rečica (, formerly ''Bled–Rečica''; or ''Reschitz'' or ''Retschitz'') is a former settlement in the Municipality of Bled in northwestern Slovenia. It is now part of the town of Bled. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Upper Carniola Statistical Region. Geography Rečica lies in the northwestern part of Bled, above the northwestern shore of Lake Bled. Rečica Creek, a tributary of the Sava Dolinka River, flows through the settlement. The terrain consists of rolling hills and somewhat swampy ground with meadows and pastures. The settlement includes the hamlet of Grimšče (or Grimščice) to the north, with Grimščice Manor (, ), also known as Wilsonia Castle (). Name Rečica was attested in written sources as ''Rieschisch'' in 1253, ''Rehschitz'' in 1273, and ''Reschize'' in 1287 (among other spellings). The name is a diminutive of the Slovene common noun ''reka'' 'river', referring to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mlino
Mlino (, formerly ''Bled–Mlino''; ) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Bled in northwestern Slovenia. It is now part of the town of Bled. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Upper Carniola Statistical Region. Geography Mlino lies in the southern part of Bled, above the southern shore of Lake Bled. It is located southwest of the former village of Želeče. Kozarca Hill (elevation: ) rises to the south, and Jezernica Creek flows through the settlement. Before the village became part of the town of Bled, Lake Bled#Bled Island, Bled Island and its church belonged to Mlino. The name ''Mlino'' is derived from the common noun ''mlin'', referring to economic activity in the settlement. Name Mlino was attested in written sources as ''Sepach '' in 1185 and ''Sapakch'' in 1436 (among other spellings), and as ''Vieserniczy'' in 1602. After the Second World War, it was also known as ''Bled–M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triglav
Triglav (; ; ), with an elevation of , is the highest mountain in Slovenia and the highest peak of the Julian Alps. The mountain is the pre-eminent symbol of the Slovene nation, appearing on the Coat of arms of Slovenia, coat of arms and Flag of Slovenia, flag of Slovenia. It is the centrepiece of Triglav National Park, Slovenia's only national park. Triglav was also the highest peak in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia before Slovenia's independence in 1991. Name Various names have been used for the mountain through history. An old map from 1567 used the Latin name ''Ocra mons'', whereas Johann Weikhard von Valvasor called it ''Krma'' (the modern name of an Alpine valley in the vicinity) in the second half of the 17th century. According to the German mountaineer and professor Adolf Gstirner, the name ''Triglav'' first appeared in written sources as ''Terglau'' in 1452, but the original source has been lost. The next known occurrence of ''Terglau'' is cited b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Bohinj
Lake Bohinj (), covering , is the largest permanent lake in Slovenia. It is located within the Bohinj Valley of the Julian Alps, in the northwestern Upper Carniola region, and part of Triglav National Park. Geography Lake Bohinj is long and at its maximum width. It is a glacial lake dammed by a moraine. The largest of the streams that flow into the lake, the Savica ('little Sava'),Baedeker, Karl (1879) "Terglou: The Valley of the Wocheiner Save" ''The Eastern Alps: Including the Bavarian Highlands, the Tyrol, Salzkammergut, Styria, and Carinthia'' (4th ed.) Dulau and Co., Londonp. 353 is fed from ''Črno jezero'' (Black Lake), the lowest-lying lake in the Triglav Lakes Valley. The outflow at the eastern end is the Jezernica creek which merges with the Mostnica to form the Sava Bohinjka, which in turn becomes the larger Sava River at the confluence with the Sava Dolinka. As found out already by Belsazar Hacquet in the 18th century, much more water leaves Lake Bohinj than ente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohinj
Bohinj (; ), or the Bohinj Valley () or Bohinj Basin (), is a 20 km long and 5 km wide basin in the Julian Alps, in the Upper Carniola region of northwestern Slovenia. It is traversed by the Sava Bohinjka river. Its main feature is the periglacial Lake Bohinj (). Bohinj is part of the Municipality of Bohinj, the seat of which is Bohinjska Bistrica. Geography The basin consists of four geographic units: the Lower Valley (), Upper Valley (), Ukanc Basin or Lake Basin (; Jezerska kotlina), and Nomenj Basin (). It is bounded by the Komarča head wall on one end and Soteska Canyon at the other. The Lower Bohinj Mountain Range represents its southern border. The Sava River has carved a canyon between the Jelovica and Pokljuka plateaus in the east. To the north, Mount Triglav, Slovenia's highest mountain, is also a part of the municipality. The Sava Bohinjka (which merges with the Sava Dolinka into the Sava) begins when two rivers, the Jezernica and the Mostnica, merge. The Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohinj Railway
The Bohinj Railway (, , ) is a railway in Slovenia and Italy. It connects Jesenice in Slovenia with Trieste in Italy. It was built by Austria-Hungary from 1900 to 1906 as a part of a new strategic railway, the Neue Alpenbahnen, that would connect Western Austria and Southern Germany with the then Austro-Hungarian port of Trieste. The line starts in Jesenice, at the southern end of the Karawanks Tunnel; it then crosses the Julian Alps through the Bohinj Tunnel, and passes the border town of Nova Gorica before crossing the Italian border and reaching Trieste. During the First World War, it carried the majority of Austrian military supplies to the Battles of the Isonzo, Isonzo Front. Because of new political divisions in Europe, with the dissolution of Austria-Hungary into separate states in 1918 and the isolation of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, communist Yugoslavia after 1945, the railway decreased in importance during the twentieth century. However, Slovenia's acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sava Bohinjka
The Sava Bohinjka is a headwater of the Sava River in northwestern Slovenia. At in length, it is the shorter of the two headwaters that become the Sava River in the town of Radovljica, the other being the -long Sava Dolinka. Course The Sava Bohinjka originates under the Komarča Crag at an elevation of , from springs fed by the Triglav Lakes Valley. Until it reaches Lake Bohinj, the river is known as the Savica ('little Sava'), and features the -high Savica Falls () at its source.Baedeker, Karl (1879) "Terglou: The Valley of the Wocheiner Save" ''The Eastern Alps: Including the Bavarian Highlands, the Tyrol, Salzkammergut, Styria, and Carinthia'' (4th ed.) Dulau and Co., Londonp. 353 It then flows through the Ukanc Gorge, where the 3 MW Savica power plant is located, before flowing into Lake Bohinj, where it creates a small delta Delta commonly refers to: * Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet * D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta"), the fourt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
