Ustje, Ig

Ustje
The Benko farm in Ustje
The Benko farm in Ustje
Ustje is located in Slovenia
Ustje
Ustje
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°53′22″N 14°28′46″E / 45.88944°N 14.47944°E / 45.88944; 14.47944
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionInner Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityIg
Elevation
786 m (2,579 ft)

Ustje (pronounced [ˈuːstjɛ]) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Ig in central Slovenia. It is now part of the village of Iška. The area is part of the traditional region of Inner Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.

Geography

Confluence of the Iška River (left) and Zala River (right) below Ustje

Ustje comprises two groups of what were isolated farms;[1] the Benko farm lies northeast of the historically main hamlet of Ustje. The settlement is located in the extreme southwest part of the territory of Iška. Krvavica Spring lies below the road to Ustje.[2] Mount Krim rises to the north and the terrain drops to the Iška Gorge to the east,[1] where the Zala River empties into the Iška River.

Name

Sign for Ustje and the Benko farm

The name Ustje is derived from the common noun ustje 'mouth of a river'.[3] The name refers to the confluence of the Zala and Iška rivers southeast of the settlement.[4] Compare also Ustje in the Municipality of Ajdovščina.

History

Memorial on Trenk Hill

Ustje was burned during the Second World War.[5][6] A Partisan brigade headquarters was located at Ustje during the war; it was discovered by Italian forces, who executed several Partisans at nearby Trenk Hill.[2]

Ustje was annexed by Gornji Ig in 1952, ending its existence as an independent settlement.[7][8] However, today it is part of the village of Iška.

References

  1. ^ a b Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 348.
  2. ^ a b Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 410.
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 447.
  4. ^ "Der Ischkagraben zwischen dem Krim- und Mokrizberge". Blätter aus Krain. No. 15. April 11, 1857. p. 58.
  5. ^ Gestrin, Ferdo (2016). Svet pod Krimom. Druga, prenovljena izdaja. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC. p. 158.
  6. ^ Gestrin, Ferdo (1991). Slovenski upor 1941 osvobodilna fronta slovenskega naroda pred pol stoletja. Ljubljana: SAZU. p. 153.
  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. 36, 110.
  8. ^ Razširjeni seznam sprememb naselij: od 1948 do 1964: (poimenovanja, združevanja, odcepitve, pristavki, razglastive in ukinitve). Ljubljana: Zavod SR Slovenije za statistiko. 1965. p. 35.


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