Mavčiče (; german: Mautschitsch''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 54.) is a

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on the right bank of the

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in the Municipality of Kranj in the

Upper Carniola Upper Carniola ( sl, Gorenjska; it, Alta Carniola; german: Oberkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jeseni ...

region of

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. It lies southwest of Lake Trboje, a reservoir of the

Mavčiče Hydroelectric Plant Mavčiče (; german: Mautschitsch''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 54.) is a village on the right bank of the Sava River in the Municip ...

, which is located in the village.

Name

Mavčiče was attested in written sources in 1439 as ''Maltschitz'' and ''Maltzitz'' (and as ''Maltschitsch'' in 1455 and ''Malczicz'' in 1464). The name may be derived from ''*Malъčiťi'', a plural patronymic from the personal name ''*Malъkъ'', thus referring to an early inhabitant. An alternate theory is based on the transcription ''Vuizilinesteti'' from 973; if this is derived from

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''luizili'' 'small' + ''stat'' 'town', and if it refers to Mavčiče, then the name could be derived from the plural demonym ''*Mal(ovьsь)čiťane'' (literally, 'residents of a small village'). However, this hypothesis is phonologically and morphologically problematic. In the past the German name was ''Mautschitsch''.

Hydroelectric plant

The Mavčiče Hydroelectric Plant began operating in 1987 and has an average yearly capacity of 61 GWh. In 2006 and 2007 solar panels with a capacity of 72 kW·h were mounted on its southern face, making it the largest

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production unit in Slovenia to date.

Church

The

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in the settlement is dedicated to the

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. It was first mentioned in documents dating to the 15th century, but the current building dates to the 1820s.Trbojsko Jezero, a green nest of Gorenjska; European Union and Government of Slovenia co-financed project
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References

External links

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Mavčiče on Geopedia
Populated places in the City Municipality of Kranj {{Kranj-geo-stub