Božakovo

Božakovo
Božakovo Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°38′45.05″N 15°22′25.77″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	White Carniola
Statistical region	Southeast Slovenia
Municipality	Metlika
Area
• Total	2.35 km^2 (0.91 sq mi)
Elevation	176.1 m (577.8 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	119
[1]

Božakovo (pronounced [bɔˈʒaːkɔʋɔ]; in older sources also Božjakovo,[2][3] German: Boschakowo[3] or Boschiakou[2][4]) is a village on the left bank of the Kolpa River in the Municipality of Metlika in the White Carniola area of southeastern Slovenia. The entire area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[5]

Name

Božakovo was attested in written sources as ecclesia … Marie Magdalene in 1334 and Wosiackh in 1490.[6]

Church

The local church is dedicated to Mary Magdalene and belongs to the Parish of Metlika. It was built in the 18th century.[7]

References

1. "SURS". www.stat.si.
2. "Uebersicht der in Folge a. h. Entschließung vom 26. Juli 1849 genehmigten provisorischen Gerichtseintheilung des Kronlandes Krain". Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung. No. 141. November 24, 1849. p. 34.
3. Spezial-orts-repertorium von Krain. 1884. Vienna: Alfred Hölder, p. 142.
4. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 10.
5. "Občina Metlika". www.metlika.si.
6. "Božakovo". Slovenska historična topografija. ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
7. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2030

External links

• Media related to Božakovo at Wikimedia Commons
• Božakovo on Geopedia