Kozjak, Trebnje

Kozjak
Kozjak (1957)
Kozjak Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°53′33″N 14°55′46″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Southeast Slovenia
Municipality	Trebnje
Elevation [1]	380 m (1,250 ft)

Kozjak (pronounced [ˈkoːzjak], sometimes Kozjek,[2][3][4] German: Kosiek[2][3]) is a former village in eastern Slovenia in the Municipality of Trebnje. Since 1955 it has been part of the village of Dolenje Selce. It is located in the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.

Geography

Kozjak is located southwest of the village center of Dolenje Selce. It is connected by road to Gorenje Kamenje pri Dobrniču. Kozjek Hill (elevation: 456 meters or 1,496 feet) rises northwest of the settlement.[1][5]

Name

The name Kozjak appears in several locations in Slovenia. It is derived from the common noun koza 'goat', but the motivation is unclear; it may refer to goats that grazed in the area, or the resemblance of a local topographical feature to a goat's back.[6]

History

On the summit of Kozjek Hill there are the ruins of a castle; it was mentioned in written documents in 1274 and it still stood in the 17th century, when it was acquired by the Auersperg family. The Counts of Saurer, who shielded Protestants during the Reformation, were among the earlier owners of the castle. Josip Jurčič's 1864 story Jurij Kozjak, slovenski janičar (Jurij Kozjak, a Slovene Janissary) is connected with the location.[1][5]

Kozjak was annexed by Dolenje Selce in 1955, ending its existence as a separate settlement.[7]

References

1. Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 472.
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. 46.
3. Special-Orts-Repertorium von Krain. Vienna: Alfred Hölder. 1884. p. 120.
4. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 164.
5. Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 599.
6. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 208.
7. Marinković, Dragan (1991). Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990. Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. pp. 21, 52.

External links

• Kozjak on Geopedia