Boršt stands east of the village center of Daljni Vrh on a small stony hill.[1] Strmec Hill (elevation: 384 meters or 1,260 feet) rises to the northeast, and Bršljin Creek (Slovene: Bršljinski potok), a tributary of the Krka River, flows through the valley to the southwest.
Name
Boršt was attested in historical sources as Vorst in 1350 and Varst in 1459.[4] 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'.[5]
History
Boršt had a population of 14 in three houses in 1870,[6] 16 in three houses in 1880,[7] 20 in three houses in 1900,[2] and 17 in three houses in 1931.[1] Boršt was annexed by the village of Daljni Vrh in 1953, ending its existence as an independent settlement.[8][9]
References
^ abcKrajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 481.
^ abLeksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 156.
^Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 481.
^"Borst". Slovenska historična topografija. ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
^Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 72.
^Marinković, Dragan (1991). Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990. Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. pp. 7, 18.