Črni Potok, Trebnje

Črni Potok
Črni Potok Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°56′23″N 14°59′39″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Southeast Slovenia
Municipality	Trebnje
Elevation [1]	318 m (1,043 ft)

Črni Potok (pronounced [ˈtʃəɾni ˈpɔːtɔk], German: Schwarzenbach[2]) is a former village in eastern Slovenia in the Municipality of Trebnje. It is now part of the village of Blato.[3] It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.

Geography

Črni Potok lies northwest of the village center of Blato at the headwaters of Cedilnica Creek.[1] It lies to the west of and above the Zajka Valley, which Zajka Creek flows through.[3]

Name

The name Črni Potok literally means 'black creek', semantically corresponding to the German name Schwarzenbach, and it was originally a hydronym. Like similar names of streams (e.g., Črna and Črnec), the semantic motivation for the name is a creek that flows through a dark soil (i.e., non-gravel) bed or that carries dark, turbid water.[4]

History

Črni Potok was annexed by Blato in 1953, ending its existence as a separate settlement.[5]

References

1. Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 492.
2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 164.
3. Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 593.
4. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 102.
5. Marinković, Dragan (1991). Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990. Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. pp. 6, 17.

External links

• Črni Potok on Geopedia