Zgornji Otok
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Zgornji Otok ({{IPA|sl|ˈzɡoːɾnji ˈɔːtɔk|pron}}, {{langx|de|Oberotok}}{{cite book |title=Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko |date=1906 |publisher=C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna |location=Vienna |page=148}}) is a settlement in the Municipality of Radovljica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
Geography
Zgornji Otok lies along the road from Zapuže to Mošnje where the foothills of the Kamnik–Savinja Alps meet the Radovljica Basin. An intermittent stream runs through the village; during heavy rains it rises quickly and becomes a tributary of Dobruša Creek. The soil is very sandy.{{cite book |last1=Savnik |first1=Roman |title=Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1 |date=1968 |publisher=Državna založba Slovenije |location=Ljubljana |page=292}}
Name
The name Zgornji Otok (literally, 'upper Otok') is paired with that of neighboring Spodnji Otok (literally, 'lower Otok'), which stands about {{convert|8|m|sp=us}} lower in elevation. Together with Spodnji Otok, both villages were attested with the German name Werd in 1326, which, like Slovene Otok, means 'island'.{{cite book |last1=Kosi |first1=Miha |last2=Bizjak |first2=Matjaž |last3=Seručnik |first3=Miha |last4=Šilc |first4=Jurij |title=Historična topografija Kranjske (do 1500) |date=2016 |publisher=Založba ZRC |location=Ljubljana |pages=955, 1281}} Like settlements with the semantically corresponding name Verd, the name refers not only to an island, but also to an elevated location next to a marsh or other wetland.{{cite book |last1=Snoj |first1=Marko |title=Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen |date=2009 |publisher=Modrijan |location=Ljubljana |page=452}}
Mass grave
File:Zgornji Otok Mass Grave 3.jpg
Zgornji Otok is the site of a mass grave from the end of the Second World War. The Zgornji Otok Mass Grave ({{langx|sl|Grobišče Zgornji Otok}}) is located on sunken ground in a meadow west of the settlement, a few meters east of the edge of the woods, at a site called Pod Koncami. It contains the remains of 14 Croatian soldiers killed on May 6, 1945.{{cite web |last1=Ferenc |first1=Mitja |title=Grobišče Zgornji Otok |url=https://www.geopedia.world/#T12_L362_F2534:48_x1580986.4032683885_y5835940.206327724_s15_b2345 |website=Geopedia |publisher=Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve |access-date=October 6, 2023 |location=Ljubljana |language=sl |date=December 2009}}
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Zgornji Otok include:
- Ivan Resman (1848–1905), poet
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References
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External links
- {{commonscat-inline|Zgornji Otok}}
- [https://www.geopedia.world/#T12_L362_F2473:5448_x1582136.77007828_y5836934.1249357285_s15_b2345 Zgornji Otok on Geopedia]
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Category:Populated places in the Municipality of Radovljica
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