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Lož Karst Field
The Lož Karst Field (; ), also known as the Lož Valley (),Melik, Anton. 1959. ''Slovenija: geografski opis'', vol. 2, part 3. Ljubljana: Slovenska matica, p. 541.Planina, Francè. 1963. ''Slovenija in njeni kraji''. Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, p. 104. is a karst field in Inner Carniola in southwest Slovenia. It is the smallest karst field in Inner Carniola. Geography The Lož Karst Field lies between the Bloke Plateau to the north, Mount Race (, ) to the east, and Mount Snežnik to the west. It is about long and wide, and lies on Triassic dolomite oriented in the Dinaric direction. Little Obrh Spring () lies on the south edge of the karst field in Kozarišče near Snežnik Castle and is fed by water from Mount Snežnik. Big Obrh Spring () lies on the east side of the karst field, near Vrhnika pri Ložu, and is fed by water from Mount Race and the Potok Plateau in the Loški Potok area. The streams from the two springs join west of Pudob to create Obrh Creek, a lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polje
A polje, also called karst polje or karst field, is a large flat plain found in karstic geological regions of the world, with areas usually in the range of 5–400 km2 (2–154 sq mi). The name derives from the Slavic languages, where ''polje'' literally means 'field', whereas in English ''polje'' specifically refers to a karst plain or karst field. Geology A polje, in geological terminology, is a large, flat-floored depression within karst limestone, whose long axis develops in parallel with major structural trends and can become several miles (tens of kilometers) long. Superficial deposits tend to accumulate along the floor. Drainage may be either by surface watercourses (as an ''open polje'') or by swallow holes (as a ''closed polje'') or ponors. Usually, the ponors cannot transmit entire flood flows, so many poljes become wet-season lakes. The structure of some poljes is related to the geological structure, but others are purely the result of lateral dissolut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inner Carniola
Inner Carniola ( ; ) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the southwestern part of the larger Carniola region. It comprises the Hrušica (plateau), Hrušica karst plateau up to Postojna Gate, bordering the Slovenian Littoral (the Goriška, Gorizia region) in the west. Its administrative and economic center of the region is Postojna, and other minor centers include Vrhnika, Logatec, Cerknica, Pivka, and Ilirska Bistrica. Name The English name ''Inner Carniola'', like the Slovene name ''Notranjska'', is a translation of German ''Innerkrain'', referring to the southwest part of Carniola. The name was created by analogy with ''Inner Austria'' (), referring to the southwestern Habsburg hereditary lands. History Inner Carniola was a ''Circle (administrative division), kreis'' of the Duchy of Carniola, ruled by the archducal House of Habsburg within the Inner Austrian lands starting in the 14th century. The territorial arrangement was described by the scholar Johann Weikhard von Val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kozarišče
Kozarišče (, in older sources ''Kozaršče'', , ) is a village south of Stari Trg pri Ložu in the Municipality of Loška Dolina in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. The area of the village extends south of the main settlement right to the Snežnik Plateau and to the border with Croatia. Snežnik Castle, a 13th-century castle, is located just southwest of the village. Church The local church in the settlement dates to the mid-16th century and is dedicated to Benedict of Nursia, Saint Benedict and belong to the Parish of Stari Trg pri Ložu. Mass graves Kozarišče is the site of two known Mass graves in Slovenia, mass graves associated with the Second World War. The Kozlovka Cave Mass Grave () is located in a spruce woods along the road from Kozarišče to Knežak. It is a deep shaft that contains the remains of Slovene anticommunist militia members. The Grobnica Mass Grave () is located in the forest southwest of the settlement. It contains an undetermined number of victi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snežnik Castle
Snežnik Castle (, ) is a 13th-century castle located in the southwest part of the Lož Valley near the settlement of Kozarišče in the municipality of Loška Dolina, Slovenia. Its name is coincidentally identical to a univerbation based on the Slovene word ''sneg'' 'snow', but is actually a Slovenized form of the name of the noble house of Schneberg, whose possession it initially was. The Schnebergs were followed by the houses of Lamberg, Eggenberg, Lichtenberg, and Schönburg-Waldenburg. History The date of the castle's construction is unclear; its existence is first implied in 1269, by way of mention of its owner Meinhard von Schneberg (, ). The castle itself was first mentioned in 1461, as the manor of ''Sneberk''; at the time it was a possession of the Patriarchate of Aquileia, with the Schnebergs as their ministeriales. The family fractured the estate through multiple heirs; by the late 14th century the castle had several co-owners. In 1393, a quarter-share of it a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vrhnika Pri Ložu
Vrhnika pri Ložu (, ) is a village southeast of Stari Trg in the Municipality of Loška Dolina in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. Church The local church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Francis Xavier and belongs to the Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ... of Stari Trg. Its construction was begun in 1735. Notable people Notable people that were born or lived in Vrhnika pri Ložu include: * Feliks Razdrih (a.k.a. Stane, 1901–?), communist politician [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality Of Loški Potok
The Municipality of Loški Potok (; ) is a Municipalities of Slovenia, municipality in southern Slovenia. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. The municipal administration is based in the settlement of Hrib–Loški Potok. Traditionally forestry provided the main income for local inhabitants and it still plays an important role. It borders Croatia. Name The name ''Loški Potok'' was originally a hydronym, derived from the adjective form of ''log'' '(swampy) meadow' + ''potok'' 'stream', thus literally meaning 'stream in a (swampy) meadow'. This probably refers to the level area south of Travnik, Loški Potok, Travnik, where there is a creek with the same name. The name was attested in written sources as ''Laserbach'', ''Loserbach'', and ''Lasserbach'' in 1763–1787. In the past, the German equivalent of the name was ''Laserbach''.''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pudob
Pudob () is a village south of Stari Trg pri Ložu in the Municipality of Loška Dolina in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. Church The local church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint James and belongs to the Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ... of Stari Trg. It was built in the first half of the 16th century. References External links *Pudob on Geopedia Populated places in the Municipality of Loška Dolina {{LoškaDolina-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obrh Creek
Obrh Creek () is a losing stream that originates and terminates in the Lož Karst Field in the Municipality of Loška Dolina. It is a watercourse in the Ljubljanica watershed. It is created by the confluence of Little Obrh Creek () and Big Obrh Creek (); the latter is fed by two tributaries: Brežiček Creek and Viševek Brežiček Creek (). The confluence, at which point it is simply named ''Obrh'', lies west of the village of Pudob. In the northwest, limestone part of the karst field, Obrh Creek starts to drain into many sinkhole A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. The term is sometimes used to refer to doline, enclosed depressions that are also known as shakeholes, and to openings where surface water ...s, and higher water flows into Golobina Cave. The stream re-emerges at the spring of the Stržen River to the northwest on the southeast edge of the Cerknica Karst Field. Name The name ''Obrh'' comes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Losing Stream
A losing stream, disappearing stream, influent stream or sinking river is a stream or river that loses water as it flows downstream. The water infiltrates into the ground recharging the local groundwater, because the water table is below the bottom of the stream channel. This is the opposite of a more common ''gaining stream'' (or ''effluent stream'') which increases in water volume farther downstream as it gains water from the local aquifer. Losing streams are common in arid areas due to the climate which results in huge amounts of water evaporating from the river generally towards the mouth. Losing streams are also common in regions of karst topography where the streamwater may be completely captured by a cavern system, becoming a subterranean river. Examples There are many natural examples of subterranean rivers including: Bosnia and Herzegovina * Unac; Mušnica- Trebišnjica- Krupa/ Ombla (Trebišnjica is considered to be one of the largest sinking rivers in the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dane, Loška Dolina
Dane () is a village in the Municipality of Loška Dolina in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia, on the border with Croatia. Churches There is a small chapel in the settlement dedicated to Saint Isidore. The main church is built outside the village to the west and is dedicated to Saint Urban. Both belong to the Parish of Stari Trg. The chapel is a late 18th-century octagonal building. The church was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1526 and was rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1693. History Dane is a place where Slovene civilian hostages were killed and photographed by Italian soldiers on 31 July 1942 after the annexation by Fascist Italy, like in many other villages in the Province of Ljubljana, at the time a common policy ordered by Mario Roatta Mario Roatta (2 February 1887 – 7 January 1968) was an Italian general. After serving in World War I he rose to command the Corpo Truppe Volontarie which assisted Francisco Franco's nationalist forces during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
