Zgornji Otok

Zgornji Otok (pronounced [ˈzɡoːɾnji ˈɔːtɔk], German: Oberotok[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Radovljica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Zgornji Otok
Zgornji Otok
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°21′0.11″N 14°12′15.08″E
Country Slovenia
RegionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionUpper Carniola
MunicipalityRadovljica
Elevation
502.5 m (1,648.6 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total55
[1]

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.[3]

Mass grave
Zgornji Otok Mass Grave

Zgornji Otok is the site of a mass grave from the end of the Second World War. The Zgornji Otok Mass Grave (Slovene: 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.[4]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Zgornji Otok include:

  • Ivan Resman (1848–1905), poet[3]
gollark: False!
gollark: I'm going to make an AA lens-of-the-miner setup for MY fancy ores.
gollark: Ugh. EnvironmentalTech, how I hate it.
gollark: We should just use magic quarry boxes. Having stuff conveniently available like that is cheaty.
gollark: I don't consider it very cheaty itself, I just don't like it when people start using it to cheat at resource gathering.

References
  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 148.
  3. Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 292.
  4. Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Zgornji Otok". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
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