Kamnjek

Kamnjek
Kamnjek

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°18′33.36″N 14°19′41.45″E / 46.3092667°N 14.3281806°E / 46.3092667; 14.3281806Coordinates: 46°18′33.36″N 14°19′41.45″E / 46.3092667°N 14.3281806°E / 46.3092667; 14.3281806
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Upper Carniola
Statistical region Upper Carniola
Municipality Kranj
Elevation[1] 428 m (1,404 ft)

Kamnjek (pronounced [ˈkaːmnjɛk]; German: Kamnik[2]) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Kranj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It now a hamlet of the village of Letenice.[3] It lies west of the village center of Letenice, in a small damp valley on a road leading into the east side of the Udin Woods (Slovene: Udin boršt).[1]

Name

Like similar names (e.g., Kamnik, Kamenik, Kamnje, Kamno, etc.), the name Kamnjek is ultimately derived from the Slavic common noun *kamy (accusative: *kamenь) 'stone', referring to the local geography.[4][5] In the past the German name was Kamnik.[2][6]

History

Kamnjek was merged with the village of Letenice in 1953, ending its existence as a separate settlement.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 244.
  2. 1 2 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 54.
  3. ↑ Savnik, Roman, ed. 1968. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 163.
  4. ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 183.
  5. ↑ Bezlaj, France. 1982. Etimološki slovar slovenskega jezika, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, p. 13.
  6. ↑ Badjura, Rudolf. 1953. Ljudska geografija: Terensko izrazoslovje. Ljubljana: Državna Založba Slovenije, p. 140.
  7. ↑ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  8. ↑ Razširjeni seznam sprememb naselij od 1948 do 1964: preimenovanja, združevanja, odcepitve, pristavki, razglasitve in ukinitve. 1965. Ljubljana: Zavod SR Slovenije za statistiko, p. 45.


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