Grahovo ob Bači (; ) is a village on the
Bača River
Bača may refer to:
*Bača (river), Slovenia
*Bača pri Modreju, a village in the Municipality of Tolmin, Slovenia
*Bača pri Podbrdu, a dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Tolmin, Slovenia
*Bača subdialect, of Slovene
*Bača (surname)
...
in the
Municipality of Tolmin
The Municipality of Tolmin (; ) is a municipality in northwestern Slovenia. Its seat and largest settlement is Tolmin. It borders Italy.
History
In ancient times the area was inhabited by the Illyrians and then by the Romans. In the 6th century ...
in the
Littoral
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region of
Slovenia
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.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Grahovo'' to ''Grahovo ob Bači'' (literally, 'Grahovo on the Bača River') in 1955. The name is believed to have the same origin as
Grahovo in the Municipality of Cerknica. If so, it is probably derived from the personal name ''Grah'', which is still preserved as a surname in Slovenia and is probably borrowed from the
Old High German
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name ''Gracco''. The place name would thus mean 'Grah's (village)'. Another possible derivation is from the common noun ''*grahovišče'' 'pea field' via the contracted form ''*grahovše''. Direct derivation from the Slovene common noun ''grah'' 'pea' is unlikely because of the rarity of such names and the suffixation pattern.
Church
The
parish church
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in the settlement is dedicated to
Saint Anne
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and belongs to the
Koper
Koper (; ) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, fifth-largest city in Slovenia. Located in the Slovenian Istria, Istrian region in the southwestern part of the country, Koper is the main urban center of the Slovene coast. Port of Koper i ...
Diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
.
Other cultural heritage
The village was one of the main filming locations for the 1948 film ''
On Our Own Land''.
The east end of the Bukovo Tunnel () on the
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 conn ...
stands in the easternmost part of the settlement's territory.
Gallery
File:Razglednica Grahovega ob Bači.jpg, Old postcard of Grahovo ob Bači
File:Grahovo ob Bači Slovenia - tunnel.jpg, The Bukovo Tunnel east of Grahovo ob Bači
References
External links
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Grahovo ob Bači on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Tolmin
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