Gmajna is a clustered settlement on the left bank of the Krka River.[1][3] It is located at a bridge across the river leading to the former village of Videm, with road connections north to Trebnja Gorica and east to Gabrovčec.[3]
Name
The name Gmajna means 'commons', referring to land that was jointly owned and used by the village community. The Slovenian common noun gmajna is a borrowing from Middle High Germangemeine, with the same meaning, and is found in other Slovene toponyms such as Gmajna near Slovenj Gradec as well as in the diminutive form Gmajnica.[4]
History
During the Second World War, the Partisans destroyed the bridge across the Krka connecting Gmajna with Videm. After the war it was replaced with a temporary wooden structure.[3]
Gmajna ceased to exist as a separate settlement in 1953, when it and the former village of Videm were merged into a single settlement named Krka.[5][6][7]
References
^ abKrajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 312.
^"Uebersicht der in Folge a. h. Entschließung vom 26. Juli 1849 genehmigten provisorischen Gerichtseintheilung des Kronlandes Krain". Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung. No. 141. November 24, 1849. p. 42.
^ abcdSavnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 134.
^Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 141.
^Razširjeni seznam sprememb naselij: od 1948 do 1964: (poimenovanja, združevanja, odcepitve, pristavki, razglastive in ukinitve). Ljubljana: Zavod SR Slovenije za statistiko. 1965. pp. 31, 51, 115.
^Marinković, Dragan (1991). Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990. Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. pp. 31, 54, 112.
^Prelovšk, Damjan (1992). "Krka". Enciklopedija Slovenije. Vol. 6. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. p. 27.