Municipality o Jezersko
The Municipality o Jezersko (German: Gemeinde Seeland, Slovene: Občina Jezersko) is a municipality in northren Slovenie. Jezersko wis pairt o the Municipality o Preddvor an became a unthirlt municipality in 1998.[2] Oreeginally locatit in the historic region o Carinthie, it became pairt o the Upper Carniola Statistical Region in 2005.
Municipality of Jezersko Občina Jezersko | |
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 Location of the Municipality of Jezersko in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°23′34″N 14°29′51″E / 46.39278°N 14.49750°ECoordinates: 46°23′34″N 14°29′51″E / 46.39278°N 14.49750°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Jurij Markič |
| Area | |
| • Total | 68.8 km2 (26.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2002)[1] | |
| • Total | 638 |
| • Density | 9.3/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
Jezersko is locatit in the remote Kokra Valley in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps, sooth o the Seeberg Saddle muntain pass an the border wi the Austrian state o Carinthie.
History eedit
The name o the aurie derives frae a glacial loch near the dounset o Zgornje Jezersko that stairtit tae disappear efter an yirdquauk in 1348. Housomeivver, it wis still described bi Johann Weikhard von Valvasor in 1689 as a lairge loch.[2] It gae the aurie its German name Seeland (leeterally "loch land", first recordit as Seelant in 1496), an its Slovene equivalent Jezersko, which came intae uise at the end o the 19t hunderyear. A document frae 1391 mentions the kirk o "St. Oswald bi the Loch" (Sv. Ožbolt pri Jezeru).
The remote veelage wis pairt o the Duchy o Carinthie till 1919, admeenistratively linkit tae Eisenkappel in the north; housomeivver, the residents did no consider thairsels "true" Carinthies.[3] It wis tharefore the anerly dounset awready cedit bi the Carinthie Landtag assembly tae the newly established State o Slovenes, Croats an Serbs, afore it wis offeecially adjudicatit thegither wi the Meža Valley an Dravograd tae the Kinrick o Serbs, Croats an Slovenes bi the 1919 Treaty o Saint-Germain.
Economy eedit
Agricultur eedit
The main activities that locals engage in are tourism, cattle breedin, an forestry. Cattle breedin is extensive in Jezersko, baith bi private ferms an lairger corporations. Jezersko is the place o the oreegin o the breed o sheep kent as the Jezersko–Solčava sheep an aw. A sheep festival cried the Ovčji bal is held annually in mid-August.
Tourism eedit
Jezersko haes a long tourist tradeetion. Thare is a 3-starn hotel in Jezersko[4] as well as private accommodation in sel-caterin units at vacation ferms.[5] The location o the veelage affers exceptional views o the surroondin muntains, and it is a stairtin point for muntain hikin routes tae Grintovec, Kočna, an Veliki Vrh. The Ledine an Češka koča muntain huts are weel kent tae muntain hikers.[6] Loch Planšar (Sln. Planšarsko jezero) in Zgornje Jezersko is a airtificial loch creatit efter Warld War II. In winter skiin is possible an aw.
References eedit
- ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
- ↑ a b Alpe Adria Vita, d. o. o. (Julie 2009). "Priloga št. 1 k Strategiji razvoja in trženja sonaravnega turizma na Gorenjskem 2010 - 2015" (PDF) (in Slovenian). p. 128–129. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 12 Januar 2015. Unknown parameter
|trans_title=ignored (help);|chapter=ignored (help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link) - ↑ Kačičnik Gabrič, Alenka (2009). "Jezersko - pozabljeni delček Koroške". Kronika (in Slovene and with an abstract in English). Zveza zgodovinskih društev Slovenije [Union of Historical Societies of Slovenia]. 57 (1): 29–46. ISSN 0023-4923.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ Hotel Planika Jezersko
- ↑ "Makek vacation farm site". Archived frae the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 18 Januar 2021.
- ↑ Slovenian Tourist Board
Freemit airtins eedit
Media relatit tae Municipality of Jezersko at Wikimedia Commons- Jezersko municipal steid
