Davča, Železniki
Davča | |
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Davča Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°10′47.16″N 14°2′8.39″E / 46.1797667°N 14.0356639°E | |
| Country | Slovenia |
| Traditional Region | Upper Carniola |
| Statistical region | Upper Carniola |
| Municipality | Železniki |
| Elevation | 975.3 m (3,200 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 260 |
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Davča (pronounced [ˈdaːu̯tʃa]; German: Dautscha[2]) is a scattered settlement in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Davščica Creek flows past the settlement. The Cerkno Ski Resort is partially located in the settlement.
Name
The settlement may have been attested in written sources in 1345 as de Dauonça, but reliably in 1500 and 1515 as in der Allss. The initial d- in the name is derived either from the Romance preposition ad 'at' or the German article d(ie), making the name related to place names such as Avče and probably related to the Friulian hydronym Auzza or Aussa, which is of pre-Romance origin. It may ultimately be derived from Celtic *alika 'wild service tree' or *alisa 'alder'.[3] See Dragonja for a similar name with a fused initial d-.
History
Davča is located on the westernmost edge of the medieval Dominion of Freising, the border of which was set along the line from Mount Porezen to Black Peak (Črni vrh) above Gorenji Novaki. This was later also the border between Carniola and the Gorizia Region under Austria-Hungary, as well as between the Kingdom of Italy and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during the interwar period. Until the end of the Second World War, the only access to Davča from the north was via an unimproved road starting at the Šurk farm about 1.7 kilometers (1.1 mi) west of Zali Log. The road along the Davča (or Davščica) River was built after the war. Davča was settled at the end of the 16th century, from the south toward the north. The settlement had no defined core until 1878, when Martin Jemec built the church next to the Jemec farm.[4]
Church
The church in Davča is dedicated to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. It is a single-nave church dating from 1878. The main altar was created by the stonecutter Andrej Lavrenčič from Kopriva. The statues were created by artists from Tyrol, and the paintings and the Stations of the Cross (from 1880) are the work of Štefan Šubic (1820–1884).[5]
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. pp. 58, 62.
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 105.
- ^ Kladnik, Drago (2017). Slovenia VII. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC. pp. 39–42.
- ^ "Davča - Cerkev Naše ljube Gospe presvetega Srca Jezusovega". Register kulturne dediščine. Republika Slovenija, Ministrstvo za kulturo. Retrieved May 18, 2026.
External links
- Media related to Davča at Wikimedia Commons
- Davča on Geopedia