Škrilj, Semič

Škrilj (pronounced [ˈʃkɾiːl]; German: Skrill[1][2]) is a remote former 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.[3] Its territory is now part of the village of Planina.

Škrilj
Škrilj
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°38′9.53″N 15°6′42.15″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionSoutheast Slovenia
MunicipalitySemič
Elevation
876.3 m (2,875.0 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Totalnone

Name
Gottschee German gravestone with the toponym Skril

The name Škrilj comes from the dialect word škril, corresponding to standard Slovene skril 'slate', referring to the local lithology.[4][5][6] Similar place names with the same root include Škrilje, Skrilje, Škrljevo, and Škrlovica.[4]

History

Škrilj was a Gottschee German village. In 1931 the village had six houses. The original residents were expelled in the fall of 1941. Italian troops burned the village during the Rog Offensive in the summer of 1942 and it was not rebuilt after the war.[7]

References
  1. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 6.
  2. Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  3. Semič municipal site
  4. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 414.
  5. Simonič, Ivan (1935). "Kočevarji v luči krajevnih in ledinskih imen". Glasnik Muzejskega društva za Slovenijo. 16: 61–81, 106–123.
  6. Ferenc, Mitja; Zupan, Gojko (2013). Izgubljene kočevske vasi, vol. 3 (R–Ž). Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani. pp. 150–151. ISBN 9789612375850.
  7. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 60.


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