Cesta, Dobrepolje Explained

Official Name:Cesta
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Lower Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Central Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Dobrepolje
Area Total Km2:4.4
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:268
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.8603°N 14.6914°W
Elevation M:444.2
Footnotes:[1]

Cesta (pronounced as /sl/; de|Zesta[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Dobrepolje in the historical region of Lower Carniola in Slovenia. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Name

Cesta was attested in historical sources as Cezt in 1141 and Strassen in 1436.[4] The Slovene name Cesta means 'road'. Places with this name in Slovenia lie along roads that predated Slavic settlement in the area.[5]

Cultural heritage

A small roadside chapel-shrine in the southern part of the settlement dates to the late 19th century.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 48.
  3. http://www.dobrepolje.si/ Dobrepolje municipal site
  4. Web site: Cesta . Slovenska historična topografija . ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa . September 5, 2024.
  5. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 90.
  6. Web site: EŠD 16746 . Slovenian . Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage . Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia . 28 February 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728031240/http://giskd2s.situla.org/rkd/Opis.asp?ESD=16746&submit.x=0&submit.y=0 . 28 July 2011 .