Lahinja, Semič

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Lahinja
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°36′58.50″N15°6′51.30″E / 45.6162500°N 15.1142500°E / 45.6162500; 15.1142500 Coordinates: 45°36′58.50″N15°6′51.30″E / 45.6162500°N 15.1142500°E / 45.6162500; 15.1142500
Country Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Southeast Slovenia
Municipality Semič
Elevation 647.6 m (2,124.7 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total none

Lahinja (pronounced  [ˈlaːxinja] ; also Lahinja pri Sredgori, [1] [2] in older sources Lahina; [3] German : Lachina [4] or Lachina bei Mittenwald; [5] Gottscheerish: Lachinə [6] :88) is a remote abandoned settlement in the Municipality of Semič in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. [7] Its territory is now part of the village of Planina.

German language West Germanic language

German is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol (Italy), the German-speaking Community of Belgium, and Liechtenstein. It is also one of the three official languages of Luxembourg and a co-official language in the Opole Voivodeship in Poland. The languages which are most similar to German are the other members of the West Germanic language branch: Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German/Low Saxon, Luxembourgish, and Yiddish. There are also strong similarities in vocabulary with Danish, Norwegian and Swedish, although those belong to the North Germanic group. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language, after English.

Gottscheerish dialect

Gottscheerish is an Upper German dialect which was the main language of communication among the Gottscheers in the enclave of Gottschee, Slovenia, before 1941. It is occasionally referred to as Granish or Granisch in the United States, a term also used for Slovene. Today there are only a few speakers left in Slovenia and around the world.

Municipality of Semič Municipality in Slovenia

The Municipality of Semič is a municipality in Slovenia in the traditional region of White Carniola in southeastern Slovenia. The municipality is included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. Its seat is the settlement Semič.

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Name

The name Lahinja is shared with the Lahinja River. If the names share the same origin, then it is derived from *Vlahinja, based on the root *Vlah and originally referring to pre-Slavic Romanized Celtic inhabitants of the area [8] but also applied to later Uskok settlers in the region. [6] :88 Another theory derives the name of the village from Middle High German lâchen 'to mark trees with a blaze'. [9] In the past the German name was Lachina. [5]

Lahinja river in Slovenia

The Lahinja is a river in White Carniola, the extreme southeastern part of Slovenia. It is 34 kilometres (21 mi) long and originates from several karst springs at the end of a steephead valley between the villages of Knežina, Belčji Vrh, and Mali Nerajec.

Uskoks

The Uskoks were irregular soldiers in Habsburg Croatia that inhabited areas on the eastern Adriatic coast and surrounding territories during the Ottoman wars in Europe. Etymologically, the word uskoci itself means "the ones who jumped in" in Croatian. Bands of Uskoks fought a guerrilla war against the Ottomans, and they formed small units and rowed swift boats. Since the uskoks were checked on land and were rarely paid their annual subsidy, they resorted to acts of piracy.

Trail blazing Markings that indicate the route of a footpath

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History

Lahinja was a Gottschee German village. In the land registry of 1574 the village had three full farms divided into six half-farms with seven owners, corresponding to a population between 25 and 30. [9] The village attained its maximum population in 1880, with 56 people living in nine houses. It had five houses and a population of only 32 in 1931. [6] :88 At this time, the economy of the village was based on raising animals, tending vineyards at Rodine, and selling firewood, logs, and wooden goods. [1] The original inhabitants were evicted from the village on 24 November 1941. [6] :89 It was burned by Italian troops in the summer of 1942 during the Rog Offensive and was never rebuilt. [2]

Gottscheers ethnic group

Gottscheers are the German settlers of the Kočevje region of Slovenia, formerly Gottschee County. Until the Second World War, their main language of communication was Gottscheerish, a Bavarian dialect.

Rodine, Črnomelj Place in White Carniola, Slovenia

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References

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  2. 1 2 Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 43.
  3. Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 48.
  4. Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  5. 1 2 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 6.
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  7. Semič municipal site
  8. Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 224.
  9. 1 2 Petschauer, Erich. 1980. "Die Gottscheer Siedlungen – Ortsnamenverzeichnis." In Das Jahrhundertbuch der Gottscheer (pp. 181–197). Klagenfurt: Leustik.