Babna Gora, Dobrova–Polhov Gradec Explained
Official Name: | Babna Gora |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Upper Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Dobrova–Polhov Gradec |
Area Total Km2: | 3.51 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 218 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.0639°N 14.3641°W |
Elevation M: | 439.9 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Babna Gora (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈbaːbna ˈɡɔːɾa/; German: Babnagora[2]) is a dispersed settlement, east of Polhov Gradec in the Municipality of Dobrova–Polhov Gradec in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.[3] It includes the hamlet of Zibel to the southwest of the main settlement and other scattered farms.[4]
Geography
Babna Gora is a scattered village below Veternik Hill (554m (1,818feet); also known as Vetrnik[4] or Tabor)[5] and a cliff known as Babčar Fort (Slovenian: Babčarjev tabor, 463m (1,519feet)),[4] both standing northeast of the village. A small valley named Pustote lies below the road into the village, where there is a spring. Tilled fields and meadows lie below the village to the northwest, along the Gradaščica River, which is prone to flash floods.[4]
Name
Babna Gora was first mentioned in 1315 as ouf dem Babenberch pei dem Steyn (literally, 'on Mount Baben by the stone') and in 1490 as Babina Gora, among other variations.[6] [7] It is mentioned as Wabnagora or Babnagora in Johann Weikhard von Valvasor's 1689 work The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola.[8] In the past it was known as Babnagora in German.[9] Oral tradition claims that the name Babna Gora (literally, 'women's mountain' or 'broad's mountain') is derived from the Babčar Fort[10] [11] (see below) because the local women would take refuge there and to repel Turkish attacks. However, because the fortification postdates the 1315 attestation of the village's name (the Turks attacked the area only once, in 1476), this is merely a folk explanation. In fact, lone cliffs or rock formations are often named Baba 'old woman' or Dedec 'old man' in Slovenia, and it is from this that the toponym Babna Gora and oeconym Babčar are derived.[12] [13] Compare the similar name Babna Gorica.
History
Valvasor's 1689 The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola states that an "old, destroyed, mighty camp" stood at the top of Veternik Hill and that it was a "large structure, containing fourteen rooms."[8] This fortification, the Babčar Fort (Slovenian: Babčarjev tabor), is named after the Babčar farm in the village and dates back to at least the 15th century.[11] The ruins of the Babčar Fort are protected as cultural heritage.[14]
Mass grave
The forest just outside Babna Gora is the site of a civilian mass grave from World War II known as the Martinčič Family Grave [''sic''] (Slovenian: Grob Martinčičeve družine). The victims were nine members of the Hudnik family from the Martinovec farm (an oeconym) that were killed by the Partisans on November 24, 1942 for sheltering a deserter.[15] [16] This was the largest family massacre in Slovenia during the war.[17] The remains of the victims were exhumed and genetically identified in 2016.[18]
Cultural heritage
In addition to the Babčar Fort, several other structures in Babna Gora have protected cultural monument status:
- Veternik Fort (Slovenian: Gradišče Veternik) is a prehistoric archaeological site on an artificial terrace on Veternik Hill measuring approximately 50 by 20 m. Pottery shards and remnants of a ceramic coil were discovered here.[19]
- The house at Babna Gora no. 18, in the hamlet of Zibel, is a single-story stone-walled house with a central entryway and dormer. The year 1843 is carved into the circular door casing made of black limestone, and fragments of painting are preserved on the facade.[20]
- At Babna Gora no. 8, at the Glažar Farm, there is a black marble plaque commemorating that the Executive Committee of the Liberation Front spent the winter of 1942/43 here. The memorial was installed in 1951.[4] [21] [22]
- In the upper part of the settlement before the forest, known as Rupe, there is a stone wall topped with the triple crest of Mount Triglav and a black marble plaque commemorating a temporary Partisan encampment during the Second World War and a checkpoint for the regional committee of the Communist Party. The memorial was created in 1958.[23]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia . Stat.si . 2014-01-21.
- Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 118.
- Web site: Dobrova–Polhov Gradec municipal site . Dobrova-polhovgradec.si . 2014-01-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116132134/http://www.dobrova-polhovgradec.si/ . 2014-01-16 .
- Book: Savnik . Roman . Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2 . 1971 . Državna založba Slovenije . Ljubljana . 401.
- Web site: Veternik/Tabor on Geopedia . sl . V1.geopedia.si . 2014-01-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121125100642/http://v1.geopedia.si/Geopedia.html . 2012-11-25 .
- Web site: Babna Gora . Slovenska historična topografija . ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa . December 9, 2020.
- Web site: Babna Gora . sl . Dobrova-polhovgradec.si . 2014-01-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202155646/http://www.dobrova-polhovgradec.si/vsebina.asp?id=276 . 2014-02-02 .
- Web site: Die Ehre deß Hertzogthums Crain, vol. 2, chapter 62, page 268 . de . Diglib.hab.de . 2014-01-21.
- Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 13.
- Web site: Babna Gora: Polhograjska Grmada . sl . Dobrova-polhovgradec.si . 2014-01-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202155643/http://www.dobrova-polhovgradec.si/vsebina.asp?id=360 . 2014-02-02 .
- Radešček, Rado, & Milan Bizovičar. 1983. Slovenske legende. Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba, p. 49.
- Web site: Izlet v Polhov Gradec . sl. Zlate-ostroge.org . 2014-01-21.
- Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 50.
- Web site: Babna Gora pri Polhovem Gradcu - Arheološko najdišče Babčarjev tabor . February 20, 2020 . Register kulturne dediščine . Ministrstvo za kulturo.
- Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grob Martinčičeve družine . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . October 22, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.
- Matija Škerbec. 1957. Krivda rdeče fronte. Cleveland: Author, p. 48.
- Zupanič Pajnič . Irena . Obal . Marcel . Zupanc . Tomaž . Identifying Victims of the Largest Second World War Family Massacre in Slovenia . Forensic Science International . 2020 . 10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.110056 . June 4, 2021.
- Zupanič Pajnič . Irena . Obal . Marcel . Bajželj . Matija . Gornjak-Pogorelc . Barbara . Inkret . Jezerka . Balažič . Jože . Victims of the Biggest Second World War Family Killing in Slovenian Identified via Autosomal and Haploid Markers . 11th Haploid Markers Conference Inferring Ancestry from DNA . 2018 . 61–62 . April 27, 2020.
- Web site: Babna Gora pri Polhovem Gradcu - Gradišče Veternik . February 20, 2020 . Register kulturne dediščine . Ministrstvo za kulturo.
- Web site: Babna Gora pri Polhovem Gradcu - Hiša Babna Gora 18 . February 20, 2020 . Register kulturne dediščine . Ministrstvo za kulturo.
- Kardelj, Edvard, & Boris Kidrič. 1963. Jesen 1942: korespondenca Edvarda Kardelja in Borisa Kidriča. Ljubljana: Inštitut za zgodovino delavskega gibanja, p. 108.
- Web site: Babna Gora pri Polhovem Gradcu - Spominska plošča izvršnem odboru OF . February 20, 2020 . Register kulturne dediščine . Ministrstvo za kulturo.
- Web site: Babna Gora pri Polhovem Gradcu - Spomenik na Rupah . February 20, 2020 . Register kulturne dediščine . Ministrstvo za kulturo.