Gozd Martuljek

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Gozd Martuljek
Gozd - Martuljek
Rute (until 1955)
Gozd Martuljek is located in Slovenia
Gozd Martuljek
Gozd Martuljek
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°29′11.1″N 13°49′34.18″E / 46.486417°N 13.8261611°E / 46.486417; 13.8261611
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionUpper Carniola
MunicipalityKranjska Gora
Elevation
755.4 m (2,478.3 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
624
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Gozd Martuljek (pronounced [ˈɡɔst maɾˈtuːljɛk]; Slovene: Gozd - Martuljek) is a settlement in the Municipality of Kranjska Gora in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is a popular base for hiking and mountaineering excursions into the surrounding Julian Alps and Karawanks, and is particularly noted for a spectacular view of Mount Špik. The settlement's economy is presently based on dairy farming and tourism.

Name and history

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The name of the settlement was changed from Rute (a plural of rut, a term for a wooded or grassy alpine slope.) to Gozd Martuljek in 1955.[2] The new name was a compound of gozd 'forest' and Martuljek, the name of a local stream, itself derived from the Italian personal name Martullo.

The former name survives in the settlement's informal division into Spodnje Rute (literally, 'lower Rute', located downstream on the Sava Dolinka River) and Zgornje Rute ('upper Rute', located upstream).

The settlement, which had been quite remote in previous centuries, became more accessible when the Jesenice–Tarvisio railway line was built in 1870, which was abandoned in 1966. It was then that the town reportedly got its current name, when a sign with the name Gozd was hung at the station at the opening of the line, and the name of Martuljek Creek was added next to it for differentiation.[3]

The settlement has no church, but it contains a large late-Gothic chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows.

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  • Gozd Martuljek, fire station
    Gozd Martuljek, fire station
  • Gozd Martuljek, chapel
    Gozd Martuljek, chapel

References

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  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  3. ^ Dolžan, Tatjana (1996). "Stanko Košir: Rutarška pomnjenja" (PDF). Etnolog (in Slovenian). No. 6. pp. 475–476.
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