Moste (Ljubljana)

Moste (pronounced [ˈmoːstɛ]) is a formerly independent settlement in the east-central part of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[2] Ljubljana's Moste District is named after Moste.

This article is about the former village of Moste. For the Moste District, see Moste District.
Moste
Old village center of Moste
Moste
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°3′18″N 14°32′56″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityLjubljana
Elevation287 m (942 ft)

Geography

Moste is a settlement that originally stood on the left bank of the Ljubljanica River on a bend just east of the mouth of the Gruber Canal.[1][3]

Name

Moste was attested in historical sources as Prukke in 1324 and dorf ze Pruk in 1330, both names corresponding to the modern German word Brücke 'bridge'.[4] The Slovene name Moste is derived from the common noun most 'bridge', referring to a settlement where there was a bridge. Today's feminine plural name was probably originally a locative masculine singular (*pri mostě 'at the bridge') that was later reanalyzed.[4]

History

Moste was attested as a village in the 14th century. Together with the entire former Municipality of Moste, Moste was annexed by Ljubljana in 1935, ending its existence as a separate settlement.[3][5]

Moste had a population of a population of 506 (in 64 houses) in 1880,[6] 552 (in 75 houses) in 1900,[7] and 857 (in 94 houses) in 1931.[1]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Moste include:

  • France Skobl (1877–1964), politician, elected mayor of Moste in 1921[8]
  • Olga Vipotnik (1923–2009), Partisan[9]

References
  1. Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo. 1937. pp. 374–375.
  2. Ljubljana municipal site
  3. Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. pp. 337–338.
  4. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 272.
  5. "Rojstvo velike Ljubljane". Kronika slovenskih mest. 2 (3): 244–245. 1935.
  6. Special-Orts-Repertorium von Krain. Vienna: Alfred Hölder. 1884. p. 61.
  7. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 110.
  8. "Skobl, France (1877–1964)". Slovenska biografija. Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  9. "Vipotnik, Olga (1923–2009)". Slovenska biografija. Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
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