Gozd Martuljek (; ) is a settlement in the
Municipality of Kranjska Gora in the
Upper Carniola
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region of
Slovenia
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.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Rute'' (a plural of "rut," a term for a wooded or grassy alpine slope.) to ''Gozd Martuljek'' in 1955.
[''Spremembe naselij 1948–95''. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.] The new name was a compound of "''gozd''" ('forest') and "Martuljek," the proper name of a local stream, itself derived from the Italian personal name "Martullo."
The former name survives in the settlement's informal division into Spodnje Rute (literally, 'lower Rute', located downstream on the
Sava Dolinka
The Sava Dolinka is a headwater of the Sava River in northwestern Slovenia. The long Sava Dolinka starts as Nadiža Creek in the Planica Valley under Mount Zadnja Ponca in the Julian Alps, at an elevation of 1222 m, close to the Italian border ...
river) and Zgornje Rute ('upper Rute', located upstream).
History
Gozd Martuljek was once served by the
Tarvisio–Ljubljana Railway, built in 1870 and decommissioned in 1966. Its economy is presently based on dairy farming and tourism; it is a popular base for hiking and mountaineering excursions into the surrounding Karawanks, and is particularly noted for a spectacular view of mount
Å pik
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.
The settlement has no church, but contains a large late-Gothic chapel dedicated to
Our Lady of the Snows.
Gallery
Image:Gozd Martuljek, brandweerkazerne foto1 2011-07-19 10.50.jpg, Gozd Martuljek, fire station
Image:Gozd Martuljek, kerk foto3 2011-07-19 10.54.jpg, Gozd Martuljek, chapel
References
External links
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Gozd Martuljek on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Kranjska Gora
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