Smlednik

Smlednik
Smlednik

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°9′47.35″N 14°25′50.3″E / 46.1631528°N 14.430639°E / 46.1631528; 14.430639Coordinates: 46°9′47.35″N 14°25′50.3″E / 46.1631528°N 14.430639°E / 46.1631528; 14.430639
Country Slovenia
Region Upper Carniola
Municipality Medvode
Area
 • Total 6.37 km2 (2.46 sq mi)
Elevation 349.3 m (1,146.0 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 413
[1]

Smlednik (pronounced [ˈsmleːdnik]; German: Flödnig[2]) is a village on the left bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Medvode in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]

Name

Smlednik was attested in written sources in 1136 as Fledinich (and as Vlednich in 1214 and Vlednic in 1228). The origin of the name is unclear. A possible derivation is from the common noun smled 'hog's fennel', referring to the local vegetation. Other explanations include the obsolete Slovene common noun smled 'watchpost', or the root *mlědъ 'deciduous woods' or 'sparse woods', but neither of these is linguistically convincing.[4] In the past the German name was Flödnig.[2]

Church

Saint Ulrich's Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Ulrich (Slovene: Sveti Urh).[5]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. 1 2 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 56.
  3. ↑ Medvode municipal site
  4. ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, pp. 383–384.
  5. ↑ Družina RC Church in Slovenia journal site


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