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Urška Dolinarka
Urška Dolinarka, also known as Dolinarjeva Urška, was a Slovenes, Slovenian farmer and folk heroine born in 1457 in Češnjica, Železniki, Češnjica, Slovenia. She is renowned for her resistance against the Ottoman Turks in the Selca Valley. Childhood There are no written records about Urška's life; her story survives through oral tradition. She was born in 1457 to Slovenian farmers in Češnjica, Železniki, Češnjica in the Upper Selca Valley and had a brother, Jožko, five years her senior. She was given the name Urška, one of Slovenian versions of name Ursula. Her patron saint was Saint Ursula. In 1458, the Turks invaded Slovenian lands, plundering and devastating her native village. Her mother, a poor farmer, was killed, her six-year-old brother Jožko was abducted, and their home was burned down. Her father managed to escape with one-year-old Urška, and they relocated to an isolated farm by the Sora (river), Sora River in Davča, Železniki, Davča, far from their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Češnjica, Železniki
Češnjica (; in older sources also ''Češenjica'', ) is a formerly independent settlement in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is now part of the town of Železniki. Geography Češnjica is a clustered settlement along Češnjica Creek, a tributary of the Selca Sora River, above the road from Škofja Loka to Petrovo Brdo Petrovo Brdo () is a village in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia on the border with the Upper Carniola region. It lies on the road just below a pass that connects the two regions, on the drainage divide between the B .... Štalca Hill (elevation: ) rises to the east. Name Češnjica was attested as ''Chersteten'' in 1291, ''Kersteten'' in 1426, and ''Tschresnitzi'' in 1500, among other spellings. The name ''Češnjica'' is shared with several other places in Slovenia. It is derived from the common noun ''češnja'' ' wild cherry', thus referring to the local vegetation. History Češnjic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
