Trata, Gorenja Vas–Poljane

Trata
Trata Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°06′10″N 14°08′23″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Upper Carniola
Municipality	Gorenja Vas–Poljane
Elevation [1]	407 m (1,335 ft)

Trata (pronounced [ˈtɾaːta]) is a former village in northwestern Slovenia in the Municipality of Gorenja Vas–Poljane. It is now part of the town of Gorenja Vas.[2] It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included in the Upper Carniola Statistical Region.

Geography

Trata stands on a terrace above the right bank of the Poljane Sora River[2] southwest of the former village of Sestranska Vas.[1] The hamlet of Lajše to the southeast was also part of Trata while it was a separate village.[1]

Name

Locally, Trata is known as Trate (i.e., a plural form of the name).[2] The name Trata occurs several times in Slovenia. It is derived from the Slovene common noun trata 'small treeless meadow', which was borrowed from Middle High German trat 'meadow'.[3]

History

Trata was annexed by the town of Gorenja Vas in 1953, ending its existence as an independent settlement.[4]

Church

Saint John the Baptist Church

The Gorenja Vas parish church stands in Trata and is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.[1][2]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Trata include:

• Anton Dolinar (sl) (1894–1953), musician[1][5]
• Ivan Regen (1868–1947), biologist, born in Lajše[1][6]

References

1. Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 585.
2. Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 360.
3. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 433.
4. Marinković, Dragan (1991). Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990. Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. pp. 32, 107.
5. "Dolinar, Anton (1894–1953)". Slovenska biografija. Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
6. Hadži, Jovan. "Regen, Janez (1868–1947)". Slovenska biografija. Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti. Retrieved February 3, 2021.

External links

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