Fužine, Kamnik

Fužine (pronounced [fuˈʒiːnɛ]; German: Fuschine[1]) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Kamnik in central Slovenia. It is now part of the town of Kamnik. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.

Fužine
Fužine
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°13′54″N 14°36′35″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityKamnik
Elevation
385 m (1,263 ft)

Geography

Fužine lies north of Kamnik, on the right bank of the Kamnik Bistrica River.

Name

The name Fužine comes from the common noun fužina 'forge' (a borrowing from Friulian fusine),[2] which referred to the former ironworks there.[3][4][5]

History
Part of the wall around the former gunpowder factory in Fužine

The roots of the ironworks in Fužine go back to a permit issued in 1603 to mine iron ore in the area, and the ironworks were established by Joseph Shigan (Slovene: Jožef Žigan) in 1735. The last owner of the ironworks was Edmund von Andrioli (1796–1861), who purchased the facility in 1833. The operations became economically unviable after the economic reforms following the Revolutions of 1848 and when Kamnik acquired a railroad connection 1849, and Andrioli sold the works to the military in 1853.[6] The Austrian army had seized the gunpowder factory in Mantua, Italy in 1849 and transported the equipment to Fužine, and it then converted the former ironworks into a gunpowder factory in 1853.[4][5] Fužine was annexed by Kamnik in 1934, ending its existence as an independent settlement.[3][7]

References
  1. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 26.
  2. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 136.
  3. Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 179.
  4. Klisarič, Nina (January 29, 2016). "Brez omejitev po kamniški smodnišnici" (PDF). Kamničanka (2). p. 16. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  5. Stiasny, Ljudevit (1894). Kamnik: zemljepisno-zgodovinski opis. Ljubljana: Author. pp. 8, 56.
  6. Mohorič, Ivan (1955). "Zgodovina fužin on Bistrici pri Kamniku". Kronika. 3 (1): 25. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  7. Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, pp. 184–185.


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