Paradišče

Paradišče
Paradišče

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°58′28.16″N 14°37′56.87″E / 45.9744889°N 14.6324639°E / 45.9744889; 14.6324639Coordinates: 45°58′28.16″N 14°37′56.87″E / 45.9744889°N 14.6324639°E / 45.9744889; 14.6324639
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Central Slovenia
Municipality Grosuplje
Area
  Total 1.12 km2 (0.43 sq mi)
Elevation 353.3 m (1,159.1 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 59
[1]

Paradišče (pronounced [paɾaˈdiːʃtʃɛ]; German: Paradeis[2]) is a settlement just east of Šmarje–Sap in the Municipality of Grosuplje in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Name

The settlement of Paradišče was first attested in written sources in 1686 as Paradis (and as Paradiſh in 1687, Paradatz in 1689, and Paradische in 1784–1787). Like similar place names (e.g., Paradiž), the name is derived from paradiž 'paradise', referring to the fertile quality of the land. The name was probably created with the suffix -išče (indicating a locality) and is a reduced form of *Paradižišče.[4] In the past the German name was Paradeis.[2]

Wayside shrine

A small roadside chapel-shrine at the crossroads in the western part of the village dates to the late 19th century.[5]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. 1 2 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 108.
  3. Grosuplje municipal site
  4. Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 301.
  5. "EŠD 17992". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
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