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[[File:Vodice Church.jpg|thumbnail|left|Saint Margaret's Church]] |
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The [[parish church]] in the settlement is dedicated to [[Margaret the Virgin|Saint Margaret]] and was first mentioned in documents dating to 1118. It used to have a defensive wall around it to protect the population from [[Ottoman Wars in Europe|Ottoman raids]], but this was demolished in 1871. The church was damaged in the [[1895 Ljubljana earthquake]] and had to be totally rebuilt.<ref>[http://www.vodice.si/?Id=vsebina&Page=znamenitosti Cultural and Religious Heritage in Vodice {{sl icon}}]</ref> |
The [[parish church]] in the settlement is dedicated to [[Margaret the Virgin|Saint Margaret]] and was first mentioned in documents dating to 1118. It used to have a defensive wall around it to protect the population from [[Ottoman Wars in Europe|Ottoman raids]], but this was demolished in 1871. The church was damaged in the [[1895 Ljubljana earthquake]] and had to be totally rebuilt.<ref>[http://www.vodice.si/?Id=vsebina&Page=znamenitosti Cultural and Religious Heritage in Vodice {{sl icon}}]</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 15:47, 24 February 2013
Vodice | |
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Town | |
 A field near Vodice | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Brane Podboršek |
| Area | |
• Total | 6 km2 (2 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
• Total | 1,631 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
Vodice is a settlement in the Municipality of Vodice in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia, just north of Ljubljana.[2]
Name
Vodice was first attested ca. 1118 with reference to its church as in plebe sancte Margarete virginis, and as Wodiz in 1257 (and as Woditç in 1265). The name is ultimately derived from the Slovene common noun vodica, a diminiutive of voda 'water, creek'. The name may therefore be based on the singular locative form *Vodicě (literally, 'by the small creek'), or may have originally been plural, referring to springs in the area.[3]
Church
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Margaret and was first mentioned in documents dating to 1118. It used to have a defensive wall around it to protect the population from Ottoman raids, but this was demolished in 1871. The church was damaged in the 1895 Ljubljana earthquake and had to be totally rebuilt.[4]
References
- ^ "Vodice". Place Names. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ^ Vodice municipal site
- ^ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 461.
- ^ Cultural and Religious Heritage in Vodice Template:Sl icon
External links
| Settlements | Administrative seat: Vodice
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