Moste (, ) is a former village in the east-central part of
Ljubljana
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, the capital of
Slovenia
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. It is part of the traditional region of
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 ...
and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the
Central Slovenia Statistical Region
The Central Slovenia Statistical Region () is a Statistical regions of Slovenia, statistical region in central Slovenia.
Geography
This is the second-largest region in terms of territory. It has a total area of 2,555 km2, with a central po ...
.
Name
Moste was attested in written sources in 1324 as ''Prukke'' (and as ''dorf ze Pruk'' in 1330). The name is derived from the Slovene common noun ''most'' 'bridge', corresponding to the Bavarian
Middle High German
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root ''pruk'' 'bridge' seen in medieval attestations of the name, referring to a settlement with a bridge. Structurally, the name may be based on the old locative form ''mostě'' '(at the) bridge' and later reanalyzed as a feminine plural noun.
History
The old village core of Moste stood north of the point where the Gruber Canal currently empties into the
Ljubljanica River. It originally consisted of a row of houses below the sloping land () above the river, which is reflected in the old street name ''Pod ježami'' (literally, 'below the sloping land') in the Vodmat neighborhood. After the
1895 Ljubljana earthquake
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, small one-story buildings for laborers and low-ranking civil servants were built in Moste, which is also reflected in the street layout. In the 20th century, the part of Moste south of the railroad largely retained its rural character, whereas the part north of the railroad was industrialized. A factory for processing bauxite was built in 1906. Other prewar industries included Saturnus (founded in 1912), which made metal containers, and a tar distillation plant.
[Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 337–338.] Moste was annexed by the City of Ljubljana in 1935, ending its existence as an independent settlement.
["Rojstvo velike Ljubljane." 1935. ''Kronika slovenskih mest'' 2(3): 244–245.] After the Second World War, Moste was further industrialized; rail freight services and warehouses were built in Moste, and the relocation of the
airport
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from
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, ...
to
Zgornji Brnik further increased opportunities for industrial development.
References
External links
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Moste on Geopedia
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