Godič

Godič
Godič from the south
Godič from the south
Godič is located in Slovenia
Godič
Godič
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°15′43.06″N 14°36′21.74″E / 46.2619611°N 14.6060389°E / 46.2619611; 14.6060389
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityKamnik
Elevation
655 m (2,149 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
655
[1]

Godič (pronounced [ɡɔˈditʃ]; German: Goditsch[2]) is a village on the left bank of the Kamnik Bistrica River in the Municipality of Kamnik in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Name

Godič was first attested in written sources in 1426 as Goditsch (and as Godicz in 1447). The name is derived from the plural form *Godiči, from the patronymic Godič based on a name such as *Godislavъ, *Godimirъ, etc. The name thus means 'place where Godič and his people live.'[3] In the past the German name was Goditsch.[2]

Cultural heritage

In 1993 the Archaeological Section of the National Museum of Slovenia excavated a Roman cave shrine in a local rock shelter known as Pod Gričo. A number of votive offerings, coins, potshards, and animal bones were found at the site.[4]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Godič include:

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ a b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 26.
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 142.
  4. ^ National Museum of Slovenia site
  5. ^ a b Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 177.


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