Dolenja Brezovica, Brezovica

Place in Inner Carniola, Slovenia

Dolenja Brezovica

Dolenja Brezovica

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°56′47.37″N 14°25′50.84″E﻿ / ﻿45.9464917°N 14.4307889°E﻿ / 45.9464917; 14.4307889
Country|  Slovenia
Traditional region| Inner Carniola
Statistical region| Central Slovenia
Municipality| Brezovica
Area

• Total| 1.78 km2 (0.69 sq mi)
Elevation

| 369.9 m (1,213.6 ft)
Population

(2020)

• Total| 53
• Density| 30/km2 (77/sq mi)
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Dolenja Brezovica (pronounced [dɔˈlèːnja ˈbɾéːzɔʋitsa]; German: Unterbresowitz[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Brezovica in central Slovenia. The municipality is part of the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

## Geography[edit]

The Ponikve Karst Field

Dolenja Brezovica is a clustered village southeast of Preserje on the west slope of Lisec Hill (673 meters or 2,208 feet) at the bottom of a dry karst valley. Above the village, the valley rises steeply towards Gorenja Brezovica, and to the northwest it drops to the small Ponikve Karst Field. During heavy rains, Ponikva Creek in the karst field floods; it surfaces here after running below ground from Rakitna and then disappears into the Rupe Sinkholes at the northwest end of the karst field. Tilled fields and meadows cover the floor of the dry karst valley, and the slopes of Lisec Hill to the northeast and Štanga Hill (644 meters or 2,113 feet) to the southwest are wooded. There is a low-quality hay field mowed once a year at Pungert on the lower slope of Štanga Hill.[4]

## Name[edit]

The name Dolenja Brezovica literally means 'lower Brezovica', distinguishing the village from neighboring Gorenja Brezovica (literally, 'upper Brezovica'). The names Brezovica, Brezje, and names like them are relatively common in Slovenia and in other Slavic countries (e.g., Březovice in the Czech Republic, Brezovica in Serbia, etc.). The Slovene names Brezovica and Brezje are derived from the common noun breza 'birch'. Like similar toponyms in Slovenia (e.g., Brezova, Brezovec, Brezovci), it originally referred to the local vegetation.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 118.
3. ^ Brezovica municipal site
4. ^ Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 407.
5. ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. pp. 79–80.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Dolenja Brezovica at Wikimedia Commons
* Dolenja Brezovica on Geopedia

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Municipality of Brezovica

Settlements|

Administrative seat: Brezovica pri Ljubljani

* Dolenja Brezovica
* Gorenja Brezovica
* Goričica pod Krimom
* Jezero
* Kamnik pod Krimom
* Notranje Gorice
* Planinca
* Plešivica
* Podpeč
* Podplešivica
* Preserje
* Prevalje pod Krimom
* Rakitna
* Vnanje Gorice
* Žabnica

Location of the Municipality of Brezovica in Slovenia

Landmarks|

* Krim
* Lake Podpeč

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