Selce, Zagorje ob Savi

Selce
Selce Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°6′20″N 14°54′54″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Central Sava
Municipality	Zagorje ob Savi
Elevation	550 m (1,800 ft)

Selce (pronounced [ˈseːu̯tsɛ], German: Selze^[1]) is a former village in central Slovenia in the Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi. It is now part of the village of Tirna.^[2] It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included in the Central Sava Statistical Region.

Geography

Selce stands on a hill east of Tirna above the Mošenik Gorge (Slovene: Mošenjska grapa).^[2] It is connected to Tirna by a road through the hamlet of Brezovica.

Name

Road sign for Selce

The name Selce is a plural diminutive of the common noun selo 'settlement, village'. It is related to toponyms such as Selo, Sela, and Selca.^[3]

History

Selce had a population of 34 (in five houses) in 1890^[4] and 26 (in six houses) in 1900.^[5] Selce was annexed by Tirna in 1953, ending its existence as a separate settlement.^[6][7]

References

1. Special-Orts-Repertorium von Krain (PDF). Vienna: Alfred Hölder. 1884. p. 76.
2. Savnik, Roman (1976). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 461.
3. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 371.
4. Special-Orts-Repertorium von Krain (PDF). Vienna: Alfred Hölder. 1894. p. 69.
5. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko (PDF). Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 97.
6. Marinković, Dragan (1991). Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990 (PDF). Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. pp. 90, 106.
7. Razširjeni seznam sprememb naselij: od 1948 do 1964: (poimenovanja, združevanja, odcepitve, pristavki, razglastive in ukinitve). Ljubljana: Zavod SR Slovenije za statistiko. 1965. pp. 89, 111.

External links

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