Škovine () is a formerly independent settlement in the
Municipality of Železniki
The Municipality of Železniki (; ) is a municipality in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Železniki.
The municipality was established in its current form on 3 October 1994, when the former large ...
in the
Upper Carniola
Upper Carniola ( ; ; ) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The largest town in the region is Kranj, and other urban centers include Kamnik, Jesenice, Jesenice, Jesenice, Domžale and ...
region of
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
. It is now part of the town of
Železniki
Železniki (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 66–67.) is a small town in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Železni ...
.
Geography
Škovine lies in the area above Saint Anthony's Church in Železniki along the road from
Škofja Loka
Škofja Loka (; ) is a town in Slovenia. It is the economic, cultural, educational, and administrative center of the Municipality of Škofja Loka in Upper Carniola. It has about 12,000 inhabitants.
Geography
Škofja Loka lies at an elevation of ...
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 ...
. Sovinik Creek, a tributary of the
Selca Sora
The Sora (German: ''Zayer'' or ''Zeier'') is a right affluent of the Sava River in western Slovenia. The Sora gathers its waters mainly from the Škofja Loka Hills. Its source branches are the Poljane Sora (, also ), named after the Poljane Valle ...
, flows through a ravine to the west, and Snegovnik Hill rises to the north.
Name
Škovine was attested in written sources in 1291 as ''In der Zaueritz'', in 1348 as ''Zeyerfeld'', in 1379 as ''Czevrueld'', in 1485–1490 as ''Souerskiniue'', and in 1630 as ''Sauerski niui insgemein na Skouinach''.
It is suggested that the name is a corruption of ''sorške njive'' 'Sora fields'.
History
Škovine was founded during the first wave of Slovene colonization in the area—that is, before the end of the 13th century. As a result, it had an agricultural character, and it was administratively separate from the ironworking market town of Železniki. A sawmill formerly operated along Sovinik Creek.
Škovine had a population of 25 in six houses in 1931
and 31 in four houses in 1961.
Škovine was annexed by Železniki in 1966, ending its existence as a separate settlement.
References
External links
Škovine on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Železniki
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