Kropa

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Kropa
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°17′30.25″N14°12′18.58″E / 46.2917361°N 14.2051611°E / 46.2917361; 14.2051611 Coordinates: 46°17′30.25″N14°12′18.58″E / 46.2917361°N 14.2051611°E / 46.2917361; 14.2051611
CountryFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Traditional region Upper Carniola
Statistical region Upper Carniola
Municipality Radovljica
Elevation 493.6 m (1,619.4 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 839
[1]

Kropa (pronounced  [ˈkɾoːpa] ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Radovljica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Municipality of Radovljica Municipality in Slovenia

The Municipality of Radovljica is a municipality in the Upper Carniola region of northern Slovenia. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Radovljica. The municipality has around 18,000 inhabitants and an area of 118 square kilometres (46 sq mi). It is located at the southern slope of the Karawanks mountain range at the confluence of the Sava Dolinka and the Sava Bohinjka, both headwaters of the Sava River.

Upper Carniola

Upper Carniola is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jesenice, Tržič, Škofja Loka, Kamnik, and Domžale. It has around 300,000 inhabitants or 14% of the population of Slovenia.

Slovenia republic in Central Europe

Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a sovereign state located in southern Central Europe at a crossroads of important European cultural and trade routes. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. It covers 20,273 square kilometers (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.07 million. One of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia is a parliamentary republic and a member of the United Nations, of the European Union, and of NATO. The capital and largest city is Ljubljana.

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Name

The settlement was first attested in 1498 as Chropp or Krupp. It is believed to derive from the identical hydronym (now Kroparica Creek), first attested in 1481 as pach Khrappa or Khroppa, which has its source at Kroparica Spring (Slovene : Izvir Kroparice) above the settlement. The hydronym is derived from the Slovene common noun kropa 'powerful spring'. [2]

Slovene language language spoken in Slovenia

Slovene or Slovenian belongs to the group of South Slavic languages. It is spoken by approximately 2.5 million speakers worldwide, the majority of whom live in Slovenia. It is the first language of about 2.1 million Slovenian people and is one of the 24 official and working languages of the European Union.

Spring (hydrology) A point at which water emerges from an aquifer to the surface

A spring is a point at which water flows from an aquifer to the Earth's surface. It is a component of the hydrosphere.

Metalworking

It is known for its traditional smithies, which produce a variety of decorative metal fittings. There is an iron forging museum in Kropa. Metalworking has an ancient tradition in Kropa, with evidence of metalworks from Celtic times in the wider area and the earliest furnaces actually in Kropa from the 14th century onwards. [3] [4]

Blacksmith person who creates wrought iron or steel products by forging, hammering, bending, and cutting

A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut. Blacksmiths produce objects such as gates, grilles, railings, light fixtures, furniture, sculpture, tools, agricultural implements, decorative and religious items, cooking utensils and weapons.

Metalworking production and processing of shaped workpieces made of metals

Metalworking is the process of working with metals to create individual parts, assemblies, or large-scale structures. The term covers a wide range of work from large ships and bridges to precise engine parts and delicate jewelry. It therefore includes a correspondingly wide range of skills, processes, and tools.

Celts ethnolinguistic group of tribal societies in Iron Age and Medieval Europe

The Celts are an Indo-European ethnolinguistic group of Europe identified by their use of Celtic languages and cultural similarities. The history of pre-Celtic Europe and the exact relationship between ethnic, linguistic and cultural factors in the Celtic world remains uncertain and controversial. The exact geographic spread of the ancient Celts is disputed; in particular, the ways in which the Iron Age inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland should be regarded as Celts have become a subject of controversy. According to one theory, the common root of the Celtic languages, the Proto-Celtic language, arose in the Late Bronze Age Urnfield culture of Central Europe, which flourished from around 1200 BC.

Churches

There are two churches in Kropa: St Leonard's Church and a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Saint Leonard's Church is originally a Gothic structure that was expanded in 1694, remodeled in the Baroque style in 1768, and extended in 1862. It stands below the Jelovica Plateau on the northwest edge of the historic center of Kropa and is flanked by the cemetery. The chancel and nave with two side chapels are barrel-vaulted and were painted by Matija Bradaška in 1900 and 1901. The church's Baroque altars were created by Peter Žiwobski and the paintings are by Leopold Layer, Ivana Kobilca, Matevž Langus, and others. [5] Saint Mary's Church stands on a slope east of the historic town center. It is a Baroque structure with a rectangular nave and chancel, and a semicircular side chapel dating from 1712. The bell tower is Baroque with a neo-Gothic roof and an entry portico in the lower part. The furnishings of the church are Baroque. [6]

Leonard of Noblac Frankish saint

Leonard of Noblac, is a Frankish saint closely associated with the town and abbey of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, in Haute-Vienne, in the Limousin (region) of France.

Jelovica

Jelovica is a karst plateau in northwestern Slovenia. It is the easternmost part of the Julian Alps and is overgrown by spruce forest.

Ivana Kobilca Slovenian realist painter

Ivana Kobilca is the most prominent Slovene female painter and a key figure of Slovene cultural identity. She was a realist painter who studied and worked in Vienna, Munich, Paris, Sarajevo, Berlin, and Ljubljana. She mostly painted oil paintings and pastels, whereas her drawings are few. The themes include still life, portraits, genre works, allegories, and religious scenes. She was a controversial person, criticised for following movements that had not developed further in later periods.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Kropa include:

KammersängerAnton Dermota was a Slovene tenor.

Tenor is a male voice type in classical music whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors is roughly A♭2 (two A♭s below middle C). At the highest extreme, some tenors can sing up to the second F above middle C (F5). The tenor voice type is generally divided into the leggero tenor, lyric tenor, spinto tenor, dramatic tenor, heldentenor, and tenor buffo or spieltenor.

Janez Potočnik Slovenian politician

Janez Potočnik is a Slovenian politician, he served as European Commissioner for Environment until 1 November 2014. He was formerly Slovenia's Minister for European Affairs. In November 2014, he became co-chair of the International Resource Panel (IRP)IRP, a forum of scientists and experts working on natural resources management.

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References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 218.
  3. ↑ Kropa museum site
  4. ↑ "A Slovenian town has been famous for its iron since the Middle Ages". www.rtvslo.si. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 1948
  6. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 1949
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