Češnjica, Ljubljana

Češnjica
Češnjica Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°1′49.15″N 14°37′9.51″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Central Slovenia
Municipality	Ljubljana
Area
• Total	1.27 km^2 (0.49 sq mi)
Elevation	389.2 m (1,276.9 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	104
[1]

Češnjica (pronounced [ˈtʃeːʃnjitsa]; in older sources also Češnjice,^[2][3] German: Tscheschenze^[3]) is a settlement in central Slovenia. It lies in the hills east of the capital Ljubljana and belongs to the Ljubljana Urban Municipality. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.^[4]

Name

The name Češnjica is shared with several other places in Slovenia. It is derived from the common noun češnja 'wild cherry', thus referring to the local vegetation.^[5] In the local dialect it is known as Češnjice.^[6][7] In the past the German name was Tscheschenze.^[3]

References

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. 106.
3. Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 21.
4. Ljubljana Municipality site
5. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 99.
6. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 360.
7. Jakopin, Franc; Korošec, Tomo; Logar, Tine; Rigler, Jakob; Savnik, Roman; Suhadolnik, Stane (1985). Slovenska krajevna imena. Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba. p. 44.

External links

• Media related to Češnjica at Wikimedia Commons
• Češnjica on Geopedia