Vremski Britof

Vremski Britof Cave Auremiane
Vremski Britof Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°39′23″N 14°1′49″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Inner Carniola
Statistical region	Coastal–Karst
Municipality	Divača
Area
• Total	0.75 km^2 (0.29 sq mi)
Elevation	377 m (1,237 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	54
• Density	72/km^2 (190/sq mi)
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Vremski Britof (pronounced [ˈwɾeːmski ˈbɾiːtɔf], formerly simply Britof,[2] Italian: Cave Auremiane[3]) is a village on an elevation above the banks of the Reka River in the Municipality of Divača in the Littoral region of Slovenia.

Name

The name Vremski Britof means 'Britof near Vreme', distinguishing the settlement from others named Britof. The name Britof is derived from the Slovene common noun britof 'cultivated fenced area'. This was borrowed from Middle High German vrîthof, also meaning 'cultivated fenced area'. The denotation of the common noun in both languages later developed from this original meaning to 'churchyard' and then to 'cemetery'.[4]

Church

View from the southwest

Church interior

Assumption Church

The Vreme parish church, built south of the settlement, is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Koper Diocese.[5]

References

1. "SURS". www.stat.si.
2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 138.
3. Pelikon, Egon (2002). Tajno štetje prebivalstva v Julijski krajini leta 1933. Koper: Zgodovinsko društvo za južno Primorsko. pp. 75, 114.
4. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 82.
5. "Roman Catholic Diocese of Koper List of Churches May 2008" (PDF). rkc.si. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2009-03-06.

External links

• Media related to Vremski Britof at Wikimedia Commons
• Vremski Britof on Geopedia