Boršt, Brežice

Boršt
Boršt Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°53′6.71″N 15°33′2.37″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Lower Sava
Municipality	Brežice
Area
• Total	0.9 km^2 (0.3 sq mi)
Elevation	153.2 m (502.6 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	126
• Density	140/km^2 (360/sq mi)
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Boršt (pronounced [ˈbɔɾʃt]; German: Forst^[2]) is a small village on the left bank of the Krka River in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.^[3]

Name

The name Boršt is a relatively frequent name for settlements, regions, and hills in Slovenia. It is derived from the common noun boršt 'woods, forest', borrowed from Middle High German for(e)st 'woods, forest'.^[4] Boršt was attested in written sources as Vorst in 1343.^[5]

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. 74.
3. Brežice municipal site
4. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 72.
5. "Boršt". Slovenska historična topografija. ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa. Retrieved March 14, 2021.

External links

• Boršt on Geopedia