Borovnica (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 116.) is a settlement in the

Municipality of Borovnica The Municipality of Borovnica () is a municipality in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the settlement of Borovnica. The municipality is southwest of the national capital Ljubljana {{Infobox settlement , n ...

in the

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region of

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. It is about southwest of the national capital

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Name

Borovnica was attested in written sources in 1260 as ''Vronitz'' (and as ''Vreuncz'' in 1300, ''apud Vraniciam'' in 1313, and ''Vraunitz'' in 1366). In the local dialect, the settlement is known as ''Barounica''. The name is a

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of ''*Borovna (vas/voda)'', literally 'pine village' or 'pine creek'. The name therefore originally refers to a place or stream where pines grow. The early German name ''Vronitz'' (which was later transformed into ''Franzdorf'') is adapted from the Slovene name by shifting the stress to the first syllable and loss of the syllable ''-ov-''.

History

A 48 m high railroad viaduct for the

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was built across the Borovnica Valley in 1856. On the night of 28 June 1942,

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attacked an Italian train carrying arrestees being sent to concentration camps in Italy, freeing about 300 prisoners.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1968. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 449. Those that refused to join the Partisans were executed and disposed of in the Krim Cave Mass Grave. The railroad viaduct was destroyed on 26 August 1944 in a 15th AF operation (301st BG & 483rd BG) that also killed 30 villagers. At the end of the Second World War, a concentration camp for Italian prisoners of war was established in Borovnica. The prisoners, who were kept in squalid conditions without water and toilet facilities, were abused and Italian sources referred to the camp as the "new

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." Approximately 200 prisoners died at the camp. Many of the prisoners were transferred to other camps by the fall of 1945, and a November 1945 Red Cross report concluded that conditions had become acceptable. The camp was closed in mid-August 1946.

Church

The

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in Borovnica is dedicated to Saint Margaret and belongs to the Ljubljana Archdiocese. A church was attested at the site in the mid-14th century, and the current structure dates from 1829.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Borovnica include: *

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(1906–1982), literary historian *

Ivan Kiferle Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was the Bu ...

(1856–1943), composer *

Jože Kranjc Jože is a male given name related to Joseph. Notable people with this name include: * Jože Babič (1917–1996), Slovenian film, theatre and television director * Jože Benko (born 1980), Slovenian football striker * Jože Berc (born 1944), Sl ...

(1904–1966), writer and playwright *

Pavla Lah Pavla is the Czech form of the given name Paula. Pavla may refer to: *Pavla Brantalova (born 1977), female bodybuilder born in the Czech Republic *Pavla Chrástová (born 1979), retired female medley swimmer from the Czech Republic *Pavla Hamáč ...

, a.k.a. Jerina (1915–2007), Partisan surgeon *

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(1865–1940), missionary and

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scholar in the United States *

Mirko Lebez Mirko (Cyrillic script: Мирко) is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin. By Slavic etymology, the name is composed of the root ''mir'' (meaning peace) and hypocoristic suffix ''-ko'' usual in South Slavic languages, which together me ...

(1912–1992), painter *

Pavel Ločnik Pavel ( Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian: Павел; Czech, Slovene, and (although Romanian also uses Paul); ; ; ) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People Given ...

(1888–1920), theater actor *

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(1876–1898), writer *

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(1859–1931), politician * Bogdan Osolnik (1920–), politician * Ljudevit Perič (1884–1926), politician *

Leopold Suhodolčan Leopold Suhodolčan (10 August 1928 – 8 February 1980) was a Slovene writer, best known for his juvenile fiction. Together with Stanko Kotnik he was one of the conceptors of the ''Reading Badge of Slovenia'' competition that still runs today ...

(1928–1980), writer * Anton Vadnjal (1886–1935), writer * Josip Verbič (1869–1948), beekeeper * Mirko Zupančič (1925–2014), actor and playwright

References

External links

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{{Authority control Populated places in the Municipality of Borovnica