Rašica () is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

north of Velike Lašče in central

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included in the

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Name

Rašica was attested in historical sources in 1230 as ''Reschwiz'' (and as ''Reschicz'' in 1260 and ''Rasczicz'' in 1436). The name was originally a hydronym, referring to Rašica Creek south of the village. The name is derived from the common noun ''raka'' 'wooden cladding preventing water erosion of a bank' or 'cladded chute carrying water to a mill'. Both the Slovene and German names are ultimately derived from Latin ''arca'' 'box'. The name is unrelated to that of the village of Rašica near Ljubljana.

Church

The local

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is dedicated to

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(). It was built in the early 17th century on the site of an older building. In 1765 it was remodeled in the

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and in 1839 its facade was replaced.

Notable people

Rašica is best known as the birthplace of the Slovene Protestant reformer

Primož Trubar Primož Trubar or Primus Truber () (1508 – 28 June 1586) was a Slovene Protestant Reformer of the Lutheran tradition, mostly known as the author of the first Slovene language printed book, the founder and the first superintendent of the Prot ...

. Trubar was born in the village in 1508. What remains on the site of the Trubar farm—a 200-year-old

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and a more recent barn—have been arranged into a small museum with a printing workshop and gallery.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 615

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Rašica on Geopedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rasica, Velike Lasce Populated places in the Municipality of Velike Lašče

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