Zgornja Sorica

Zgornja Sorica
Zgornja Sorica
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°13′25.67″N 14°1′44.16″E / 46.2237972°N 14.0289333°E / 46.2237972; 14.0289333Coordinates: 46°13′25.67″N 14°1′44.16″E / 46.2237972°N 14.0289333°E / 46.2237972; 14.0289333
Country Slovenia
Traditional Region Upper Carniola
Statistical region Upper Carniola
Municipality Železniki
Elevation 859.8 m (2,820.9 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 173
[1]

Zgornja Sorica (pronounced [ˈzɡoːɾnja ˈsoːɾitsa]; German: Oberzarz[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Sorica valley

Zgornja Sorica together with neighbouring Spodnja Sorica (Unterzarz), like Nemški Rovt (Deutschgereuth) in Bohinj and Rut (Deutschruth), is part of a former German language island stretching in a remote valley of the Julian Alps. In medieval times, the Carniolan estates around Škofja Loka were held by the Bavarian Bishops of Freising, who from about 1200 had the Zarz region settled with peasants descending from their territory in the Hochpustertal (Innichen) in Tyrol. The local Southern Bavarian dialect strongly referred to vernaculars spoken in the Puster Valley; however, it had already become extinct by the early 20th century.

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. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 62.
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