Dolenje Jezero

Dolenje Jezero
Village
Dolenje Jezero is located in Slovenia
Dolenje Jezero
Dolenje Jezero
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°46′38.63″N 14°21′30.83″E / 45.7773972°N 14.3585639°E / 45.7773972; 14.3585639
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionInner Carniola
Statistical regionLittoral–Inner Carniola
MunicipalityCerknica
Area
 • Total
5.3 km2 (2.0 sq mi)
Elevation
553.4 m (1,815.6 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
240
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
[1]

Dolenje Jezero (pronounced [dɔˈleːnjɛ ˈjeːzɛɾɔ]; German: Unterseedorf[2]) is a village on the northern edge of Lake Cerknica in the Municipality of Cerknica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]

Name

The name Dolenje Jezero means 'lower lake' and is a semantic contrast to the neighboring village of Gorenje Jezero (literally, 'upper lake'), which stands about 20 meters (66 ft) higher in elevation. Like other villages named Jezero, the name refers to a local landscape element—in this case, Lake Cerknica.[4]

Church

The local church in the southwest part of the settlement is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul and belongs to the Parish of Cerknica.[5]

  • 1920 postcard of Dolenje Jezero
    1920 postcard of Dolenje Jezero

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 120.
  3. ^ Cerknica municipal site
  4. ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 14.
  5. ^ Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal website


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