Otlica

Place in Littoral, Slovenia

Otlica

Otlica

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°55′39.37″N 13°54′36.7″E﻿ / ﻿45.9276028°N 13.910194°E﻿ / 45.9276028; 13.910194
Country|  Slovenia
Traditional region| Littoral
Statistical region| Gorizia
Municipality| Ajdovščina
Area

• Total

| 12.17 km2 (4.70 sq mi)
Elevation

| 817.8 m (2,683.1 ft)
Population

(2020)

• Total

| 282
• Density| 23/km2 (60/sq mi)
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Otlica (pronounced [ˈoːtlitsa]) is a dispersed settlement in the hills north of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It is made up of smaller clusters of the hamlets of Sibirija, Kitajska, Kurja Vas (Slovene: Kurja vas), and Cerkovna, as well as a number of outlying isolated farms.[2]

## Geography

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Otlica is located on the high Trnovo Forest Plateau (Slovene: Trnovski gozd), overlooking the Vipava Valley. The part of the larger plateau known as the Otlica Plateau (Slovene: Otliška planota) is named after Otlica.[3] Together with the ridge-top villages of Predmeja, Kovk, and Gozd, it is part of an area locally known as Gora (literally, 'the mountain').[4]

## Names

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The name Otlica is derived from the Slovene adjective otel 'hollow'. It refers to a karst sinkhole about 500 meters (1,600 ft) west of Navrše Hill (elevation 500 meters, 1,600 ft); the bottom of the sinkhole leads to the opposite side of the Gora Ridge through a passage 20 meters (66 ft) high and 15 meters (49 ft) wide that opens above a footpath to Ajdovščina. In folk tradition the mountain was therefore referred to as being hollow.[5][6] The hamlet of Siberija (literally, 'Siberia') is so named because of its exposure to the frost and the bora wind, and the hamlet of Kitajska (literally, 'China') is a reference to the large number of children that people living there had.[7]

## Church

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Guardian Angels Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Guardian Angels and belongs to the Koper Diocese.[8]

## References

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1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. ^ Ajdovščina municipal site
3. ^ Habič, Peter (1968). Kraški svet med Idrijco in Vipavo. Ljubljana: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti. p. 78.
4. ^ Ajdovščina Tourism Information Center. Naša dežela: Gora.
5. ^ Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. pp. 25–26.
6. ^ Bezlaj, France. 1982. Etimološki slovar slovenskega jezika, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, p. 261.
7. ^ Okno Tourist Board. Pot po Angelski gori.
8. ^ Koper Diocese list of churches Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine

## External links

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* Media related to Otlica at Wikimedia Commons
* Otlica on Geopedia

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Municipality of Ajdovščina

Settlements|

Administrative seat: Ajdovščina

| Current|

* Batuje
* Bela
* Brje
* Budanje
* Cesta
* Col
* Črniče
* Dobravlje
* Dolenje
* Dolga Poljana
* Gaberje
* Gojače
* Gozd
* Grivče
* Kamnje
* Kovk
* Kožmani
* Križna Gora
* Lokavec
* Male Žablje
* Malo Polje
* Malovše
* Otlica
* Plače
* Planina
* Podkraj
* Potoče
* Predmeja
* Ravne
* Selo
* Skrilje
* Šmarje
* Stomaž
* Tevče
* Ustje
* Velike Žablje
* Vipavski Križ
* Višnje
* Vodice
* Vrtovče
* Vrtovin
* Žagolič
* Žapuže
* Zavino

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Former|

* Dol–Otlica
* Dolnji Lokavec
* Gradišče
* Orešje
* Severska Vas
* Slokarji
* Šturje

Landmarks|

* Ajdovščina Parish Church
* Ajdovščina railway station
* Castra
* Exaltation of the Cross Church in Vipavski Križ
* Otlica Window
* Stone arch bridge in Dolenje
* Trilek Castle
* Vipavski Križ Capuchin Monastery

Notable people|

* Martin Bauzer
* Ivo Boscarol
* Anton Cebej
* Josip Križaj
* Karel Lavrič
* Tobia Lionelli (Janez Svetokriški)
* Danilo Lokar
* Veno Pilon
* Marijan Poljšak
* Rudolf Perhinek
* Edi Šelhaus
* Avgust Žigon

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