Besnica (stream)

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Besnica
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Besnica Valley
Location
Country Slovenia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 - locationNorthwest of Veliko Trebeljevo
Mouth  
 - location
 Ljubljanica River at Podgrad
 - coordinates
 46°4′21.92″N14°38′9.32″E / 46.0727556°N 14.6359222°E / 46.0727556; 14.6359222 Coordinates: 46°4′21.92″N14°38′9.32″E / 46.0727556°N 14.6359222°E / 46.0727556; 14.6359222
Basin features
Progression Ljubljanica→ Sava→ Danube→ Black Sea

The Besnica is a stream that flows through the Besnica Valley east of Ljubljana. It flows through the scattered settlement of Besnica and empties into the Ljubljanica at Podgrad as its last right tributary just before it joins the Sava River. In the past, this was also the quadruple confluence of the stream with the Sava, Kamnik Bistrica, and Ljubljanica rivers. [1] [2]

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Besnica Place in Lower Carniola, Slovenia

Besnica is a settlement in the hills east of Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It was part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. The stream that runs through the settlement is also called the Besnica. It is a tributary of the Ljubljanica, which it joins at Podgrad. Besnica includes the hamlets of Derčar, Jančar, Pečar, Prek, Špan, and Tomaž.

Ljubljanica River in Slovenia

The Ljubljanica, known in the Middle Ages as the Ljubija, is a river in the southern part of the Ljubljana Basin in Slovenia. The capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, lies on the river. The Ljubljanica rises south of the town of Vrhnika and outflows in the Sava River about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) downstream from Ljubljana. Its largest affluent is the Mali Graben Canal. Including its source affluent the Little Ljubljanica, the river is 41 km (25 mi) in length. The Little Ljubljanica joins the Big Ljubljanica after 1,300 m (4,300 ft) and the river continues its course as the Ljubljanica.

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Name

The name Besnica is originally a hydronym and was later also applied to the settlement of Besnica along the stream. [3] The name is derived from the Slavic adjective *běsьnъ 'rushing, swift', referring the character of the stream. [4]

A hydronym is a proper name of a body of water. Hydronymy, a subset of toponymy, the taxonomic study of place-names, is the study of the names of bodies of water, the origins of those names, and how they are transmitted through history. Hydronyms may include the names of rivers (potamonyms), lakes, and even oceanic elements.

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References

  1. ↑ Gerlica, Slavko. 1993. Podgrad z Ostrega vrha. Naša skupnost 34(5).
  2. ↑ Grilc, Viktor. 2005. Prispevek k zgodovini gospostva Osterberg. Kronika 53(3): 267–282, p. 268.
  3. ↑ Šifrer, Marjeta. 2011. Prebivalstvo Besniške doline skozi matične knjige - rojstva, poroke in smrti v 2. polovici 19. stoletja. In Danijela Trškan (ed.), Trojarjev zbornik (= Historia 19), pp. 401–416. Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete, p. 402.
  4. ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 58.


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