Selce
Selce is located in Slovenia
Selce
Selce
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°6′20″N 14°54′54″E / 46.10556°N 14.91500°E / 46.10556; 14.91500
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Sava
MunicipalityZagorje ob Savi
Elevation
550 m (1,800 ft)

Selce (pronounced [ˈseːu̯tsɛ], German: Selze[1]) is a former village in central Slovenia in the Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi. It is now part of the village of Tirna.[2] It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included in the Central Sava Statistical Region.

Geography

Selce stands on a hill east of Tirna above the Mošenik Gorge (Slovene: Mošenjska grapa).[2] It is connected to Tirna by a road through the hamlet of Brezovica.

Name

Road sign for Selce

The name Selce is a plural diminutive of the common noun selo 'settlement, village'. It is related to toponyms such as Selo, Sela, and Selca.[3]

History

Selce had a population of 34 (in five houses) in 1890[4] and 26 (in six houses) in 1900.[5] Selce was annexed by Tirna in 1953, ending its existence as a separate settlement.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Special-Orts-Repertorium von Krain (PDF). Vienna: Alfred Hölder. 1884. p. 76.
  2. 1 2 Savnik, Roman (1976). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 461.
  3. ↑ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 371.
  4. ↑ Special-Orts-Repertorium von Krain (PDF). Vienna: Alfred Hölder. 1894. p. 69.
  5. ↑ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko (PDF). Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 97.
  6. ↑ Marinković, Dragan (1991). Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990 (PDF). Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. pp. 90, 106.
  7. ↑ Razširjeni seznam sprememb naselij: od 1948 do 1964: (poimenovanja, združevanja, odcepitve, pristavki, razglastive in ukinitve). Ljubljana: Zavod SR Slovenije za statistiko. 1965. pp. 89, 111.


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