Krvavi Potok

Krvavi Potok
Krvavi Potok is located in Slovenia
Krvavi Potok
Krvavi Potok
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°37′8.26″N 13°54′34.24″E / 45.6189611°N 13.9095111°E / 45.6189611; 13.9095111
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLittoral
Statistical regionCoastal–Karst
MunicipalityHrpelje-Kozina
Area
 • Total
0.63 km2 (0.24 sq mi)
Elevation
455.7 m (1,495.1 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
73
[1]

Krvavi Potok (pronounced [kəɾˈʋaːʋi ˈpɔːtɔk]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina in the Littoral region of Slovenia on the border with Italy.[2]

The Kozina border crossing into Italy is at Krvavi Potok. Since Slovenia's accession to the European Union and the Schengen area, customs and immigration checks have been abolished at the Italian–Slovenian border.

Name

The name Krvavi Potok (and the stream of the same name, Krvavi potok) literally means 'bloody creek'. The name is said to date from the time of the Napoleonic wars, when the French authorities executed bandits in the area.[3] However, another theory derives the name from the reddish color of the terrain at sunset or local reddish rock deposits.[4]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Hrpelje-Kozina municipal site Archived December 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 324.
  4. ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 219.


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