Hotedršica

Hotedršica
Hotedršica Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°55′50.29″N 14°8′21.38″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Inner Carniola
Statistical region	Central Slovenia
Municipality	Logatec
Area
• Total	3.99 km^2 (1.54 sq mi)
Elevation	544.9 m (1,787.7 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	554
[1]

Hotedršica (pronounced [xɔˈteːdəɾʃitsa], in older sources Hotedražica,[2] German: Hotederschitz[2]) is a village west of Logatec in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]

Geography

Hotedršica includes the hamlets of Griče (in older sources: V Gričih, German: Am Hügel)[2] to the north, Koš to the east, and Čajna and Log to the south. Hotedršica lies in the middle of the Hotedršica Lowland (Slovene: Hotenjsko podolje), a low-lying area extending toward Kalce to the southeast and Godovič to the northwest with karst springs and sinkholes in the surrounding foothills.[4]

Name

Hotedršica was first attested in written sources in 1421 as Kathedresicz (and in 1496 as Kathedersicz). The name is a syncopated form of *Hotedražica, derived from the personal name *Xotědragъ (from *xotěti 'to desire' + *dorgъ 'good').[5][6]

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to John the Baptist and belongs to the Ljubljana Archdiocese.[7]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. pp. 126–127.
3. Logatec municipal site
4. Habič, Peter (1992). "Ljubljanica". Enciklopedija Slovenije. Vol. 6. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. p. 250.
5. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 162.
6. Hotedršica Archived 2011-09-12 at the Wayback Machine (in Slovene)
7. Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal website

External links

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