Dole, Idrija
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  Dole Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates:45°59′21.58″N14°5′45.69″E/ 45.9893278°N 14.0960250°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Inner Carniola |
| Statistical region | Gorizia |
| Municipality | Idrija |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.42 km2(3.64 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 784.1 m (2,572.5 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 131 |
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Dole(pronounced[ˈdoːlɛ];German:Dolech[2]) is a settlement in the hills east ofIdrijain the traditionalInner Carniolaregion ofSlovenia.[2]It includes the formerly independent settlement ofČrna,which was annexed in 1964.[3]
Name
[edit]Dole was attested in historical sources asDolechin 1500.[4]Like related names (e.g.,Dol,Dolje,andDolič), the name is derived from the common noundol'small valley', referring to a local geographical feature.[5]
Geography
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Dole consists of clusters of houses and various isolated farms along the road from Idrija toMedvedje Brdo.The landscape around the hamlet of Dolenje Dole has rolling terrain with tilled fields and small meadows, and the land around the hamlet of Gorenje Dole has sinkholes and an intermittent spring.[6]In the northern part of the village's territory, just west of the neighboring village ofRavne pri Žireh,there is a geological curiosity known as Tomaž's Table (Slovene:Tomaževa miza). It consists of a block of dolomitized limestone on which a slab of the same material was deposited; the slab is about 1 meter (3 ft 3 in) thick and is estimated to weigh 30 metric tons (33 short tons).[7]
References
[edit]- ^Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^abLeksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,vol. 6:Kranjsko.1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 124.
- ^Savnik, Roman (1968).Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1.Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 68.
- ^"Slovenska historična topografija".RetrievedFebruary 9,2020.
- ^Snoj, Marko (2009).Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen.Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 116.
- ^Savnik, Roman (1968).Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1.Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 68.
- ^Horvat, Franci (January 23, 2016)."Kamnita miza".Gore-ljudje.RetrievedFebruary 10,2020.
External links
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Media related toDoleat Wikimedia Commons- Dole on Geopedia
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