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Mount Saint Mary
Mount Saint Mary (, ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 115. or ''Kallenberg''), originally known as Holm, is an inselberg in the north of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. The mountain is part of the city's Šmarna Gora District. It is the highest hill in the city and a popular hiking destination. The mountain has two peaks: Mount Saint Mary (; ) to the east and Grmada () to the west. It resembles the humps of a Bactrian camel or woman's breasts. Name and history The toponym contains the archaic contraction ''Šmarna'' for ''Sveta Marijina'' 'St. Mary's'. The name of the western peak, ''Grmada'', literally means 'heap, pile (of wood for a bonfire)'. The slightly lower eastern peak lends its name to the mountain as a whole. The mountain was first mentioned in written sources in 1296. The bell tower on the top of the mountain rings each day half an hour before midday. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Hill (Ljubljana)
Castle Hill may refer to: Places Australia * Castle Hill, a small hill and land area in Bicton, Western Australia * Castle Hill, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney * Castle Hill, Queensland, a suburb of Townsville ** Castle Hill, Townsville, a granite monolith United Kingdom England * Castle Hill, Brighton, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Brighton, East Sussex * Castle Hill, Cambridge, a hill and street in Cambridge * Castle Hill, Chessington, a Local Nature Reserve in London * Castle Hill, Dudley Castle, West Midlands * Castle Hill, Englefield Green, Surrey * Castle Hill, Filleigh, a privately owned Palladian House in North Devon * Castle Hill, Folkestone, a hill on the North Downs near Folkestone, Kent * Castle Hill, Hampshire, Iron Age fortification the New Forest in Hampshire * Castle Hill, Huddersfield, in the county of West Yorkshire in England * Castle Hill, Malvern Hills, in the parish of Wichenford * Castle Hill, Mere, in Wiltshire, England * Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matevž Langus
Matevž (puréed beans with cracklings) is a Slovene national dish. The dish is typical of central Slovenia, especially of the Kočevje region. It is made of beans and potatoes. Its origins come from the 19th century. Originally, the lower social classes ate it as a main course. The dish is also known as ''krompirjev mož'' 'potato mush' (cf. Gottschee German ''muož'' 'mush'), ''belokranjski mož'' 'White Carniola mush', or ''medved'' (literally, 'bear'). The term ''matevž'' is a derivative from male name Matej or Matevž ( Matthew). ''Matej'' or ''Matevž'' word origins to many other dialectical expressions: ''to have matevža'' means to have a hangover.Taste Slovenia. Bogataj Janez, 2007. Rokus Gifts. It is mostly served as a side dish. It is usually eaten with sauerkraut or turnips. See also * List of legume dishes * Slovenian cuisine Slovenian cuisine () is influenced by the diversity of Slovenia's landscape, climate, history and neighbouring cultures. In 2016, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rožnik (hill)
Rožnik () is a hill in the Rožnik District and Šiška District northwest of the Ljubljana city center. Together with Tivoli City Park, it forms Tivoli–Rožnik Hill–Šiška Hill Landscape Park. Extending from Tivoli Park, it is a popular hiking, running, and excursion destination for residents of Ljubljana. Name Rožnik Hill was attested in written sources in 1326 as ''Rosenberch''. The Slovene name is a translation from the German name ''Rosenberg'', originally a compound of Middle High German ''rôse'' 'rose' and ''berc'' 'mountain, hill'. In modern German, the hill was known as ''Rosenbach''.''Jugoslawien und Griechenland: mit europäischer Türkei.'' 1966. Stuttgart: Baedekers Autoführer-Verlag, p. 303. Geography The hill has two peaks, called Šiška Hill (, 429 m) and Cankar Peak (, 394 m). Cankar Peak was formerly known as ''Zgornji Rožnik'' ('upper Rožnik', ),''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toško Čelo
Toško Čelo () is a dispersed settlement on the slope of the hill known as Tošč Face (), part of the Polhov Gradec Hills, west of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. It belongs to the City Municipality of Ljubljana. Geography The scattered village lies in the hills between the Sava Plain and the Gradaščica, Gradaščica Valley. It is accessible by a paved road running along the ridge above the Kucja Valley; the road branches off from the main road between Šentvid, Ljubljana, Šentvid and Dobrova, Dobrova–Polhov Gradec, Dobrova and continues as an unpaved road to Topol pri Medvodah. The core of the village lies at the foot of Peštota Hill (); to the south is Vrh Peak () and further to the north is Kucelj Hill (). The karst Ravnik Plateau lies west of the village. The soil is stony and there are fields on the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveta Gera
Saint Gera ( Croatian: "Sveta Gera") or Trdina Peak () is the highest peak of the Žumberak Mountains, at a height of . It is located along the border between southeastern Slovenia and Croatia, and the summit is subject to a border dispute between the two nations. Name The peak was originally called ''Sveta Gera'' in Croatian and ''Sveta Jera'' in Slovene (Mount St. Gertrude) after the 15th-century church of Saint Gertrude some hundred meters from the highest point of the peak. In June 1921, however, the president of the Novo Mesto Mountaineering Club Ferdinand Seidl proposed to rename it after Janez Trdina, an ardent describer of the region. The proposal was submitted to the central Yugoslav government, which published a decree on the new name on 1 July 1922. On 15 August 1923, the peak was ceremonially renamed by a Slovene girl, while the accompanying ecclesiastic rituals were performed by a Croatian priest. Border dispute At the top of Sveta Gera, at an altitude of 1178 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krim (mountain)
Mount Krim () is a 1,107-meter-high mountain on the southern edge of the Ljubljana Marsh in Slovenia. Due to its location and shape, it is one of the most recognizable features of the Ljubljana Basin and it is visited each year by thousands of hikers. In the 1970s, the Yugoslav People's Army closed the summit to the public and built a radio center there. Since 1991, the summit has been open again to visitors, and there is also a small mountain lodge. Name Mount Krim was attested in written sources in 1689 as ''Khorim'' and ''Korin'', and in 1726 as ''Kurin''. The name is derived from the present passive participle ''*kurimъ'' 'smoking', referring to the clouds that often obscure the summit. History Although Mount Krim is a prominent feature against the Ljubljana Marsh, it did not play a significant role in the past. In 1817, geodesists set up a first-class trigonometric point, numbered 172, on the mountain, which was used as a benchmark coordinate for cadastral measures for Carni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stol (Karawanks)
Stol (also Veliki Stol) or Hochstuhl, at , is the highest mountain of the Karawanks and straddles the border between Slovenia and Austria. Etymology The Slovene name ''Veliki Stol'', meaning 'great chair', is derived from the visual appearance of the mountain, especially when seen from the east. The German ''Hochstuhl'' ('high chair') was not introduced until the late 19th century; previously, the mountain's German name was ''Stou'', a phonetic derivation from the Slovene. Geography The Stol massif stretches from Žirovnica in Slovenia to the Austrian market town of Feistritz im Rosental in the north. The summit is part of the Karawanks main ridge and the watershed between the Sava and Drava rivers. In the north, the Dachstein limestone rocks fall steeply to an over depth. The massif comprises several subpeaks, such as Mali Stol ('Little Chair'), at . In the east, the crest of the Karawanks leads to Mt. Vrtača and further down to Loibl Pass. Ascent The first ascent of the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triglav
Triglav (; ; ), with an elevation of , is the highest mountain in Slovenia and the highest peak of the Julian Alps. The mountain is the pre-eminent symbol of the Slovene nation, appearing on the Coat of arms of Slovenia, coat of arms and Flag of Slovenia, flag of Slovenia. It is the centrepiece of Triglav National Park, Slovenia's only national park. Triglav was also the highest peak in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia before Slovenia's independence in 1991. Name Various names have been used for the mountain through history. An old map from 1567 used the Latin name ''Ocra mons'', whereas Johann Weikhard von Valvasor called it ''Krma'' (the modern name of an Alpine valley in the vicinity) in the second half of the 17th century. According to the German mountaineer and professor Adolf Gstirner, the name ''Triglav'' first appeared in written sources as ''Terglau'' in 1452, but the original source has been lost. The next known occurrence of ''Terglau'' is cited b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacen
Tacen (; in older sources also ''Tacenj'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 114–115. ) is a formerly independent settlement in the northwest part of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. It includes the hamlets of Na Grškem, Sige, V Bregu (or Breg), and Šmarna Gora. Geography Tacen is a clustered settlement at the foot of Mount Saint Mary () on the left bank of the Sava River, opposite the former village of Brod. The hamlet of Na Grškem lies immediately above the Sava, Sige is to the west along the road to Vikrče, and V Bregu (or Breg) lies up the slope of Mount Saint Mary along Breg Creek (), which is a tributary of the Sava. The hamlet of Šmarna Gora is at the top of the hill. The soil in Tacen is most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šmartno Pod Šmarno Goro
Šmartno pod Šmarno Goro (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 115.) is a formerly independent settlement in the northern part of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. Geography Šmartno pod Šmarno Goro is a clustered village at the southeast foot of Mount Saint Mary along the road from Tacen to Vodice, Vodice, Vodice. It includes the hamlets of Pšatnik, Roje, Solzna Dolina, Kudrovec, and Blatna Vas. The soil is a mixture of sand and loam. The village's fields lie to the north, towards Vodice. Name Šmartno pod Šmarno Goro literally means 'Šmartno below Mount Saint Mary'. It is named after Martin of Tours, Saint Martin, the patron saint of the local church. It was attested in 1296 as ''Sanctus Martinus sub Monte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zavrh Pod Šmarno Goro
Zavrh pod Šmarno Goro (; ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Medvode in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Name Zavrh pod Šmarno Goro was attested in written sources as ''Newdorf'' in 1372, ''Kollenperg'' in 1420, ''Padwercham'' in 1436, and ''Nasa orchim'' in 1456. The name of the settlement was changed from ''Zavrh'' to ''Zavrh pod Šmarno goro'' in 1955.''Spremembe naselij 1948–95''. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS. Notable people Notable people that were born or lived in Zavrh pod Šmarno Goro include: *Jakob Aljaž Jakob Aljaž (July 6, 1845 – May 4, 1927) was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest, composer and mountaineer. Aljaž was born in a small Upper Carniolan village of Zavrh pod Šmarno Goro, northeast of Ljubljana, in what was then the Austrian Empi ... (1845–1927), Roman Catholic priest, composer, and mountaineer References External links *Zavrh pod Šmarno Goro on Geopedia Populated places in the Municipality of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
