Brezje, Sevnica

Brezje
View of Brezje from Hinjce
Brezje Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°59′25.03″N 15°11′49.58″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Lower Sava
Municipality	Sevnica
Area
• Total	0.25 km^2 (0.10 sq mi)
Population  (2013)
• Total	17
• Density	68/km^2 (180/sq mi)
[1]

Brezje (pronounced [ˈbɾeːzjɛ]) is a small village in the Municipality of Sevnica in southeastern Slovenia. It lies on a small rise east of Krmelj and the village of Hinjce and west of the Mirna River. The village is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[2] One of the two roads from Krmelj to the main road linking Mokronog and Sevnica runs through the settlement, in the valley south of the village core. A cattle trough stands on its right side at the crossroad leading from it into the village. It was built in the 1940s.[3][4]

Name

Brezje was attested in written sources as Pirkch in 1455 and Pirgk in 1467.[5] The name Brezje literally means 'birch woods', derived from the common noun breza 'birch'. Like similar toponyms in Slovenia (e.g., Brezova, Brezovec, Brezovci), it originally referred to the local vegetation.[6]

History

Until 2006, the area was part of the settlement of Goveji Dol.[7]

References

1. "Brezje, Sevnica". Place Names. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
2. Sevnica municipal site
3. "Prikaz napajanja živine pri starem vaškem koritu" [The Demonstration of Giving Cattle Water at an Old Village Trough]. Posavje.info (in Slovenian). 5 October 2011.
4. "Vaško korito v Brezju" [The Village Trough in Brezje]. Lokalno.si (in Slovenian). 6 October 2011.
5. "Brezje". Slovenska historična topografija. ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
6. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 79.
7. "Naselje Brezje". Krajevna imena. Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. Retrieved August 6, 2024.

External links

• Brezje on Geopedia