Mali Cirnik pri Šentjanžu

Place in Lower Carniola, Slovenia

45°59′14.6″N 15°8′58.08″E / 45.987389°N 15.1494667°E / 45.987389; 15.1494667Country

SloveniaTraditional regionLower CarniolaStatistical region Southeast SloveniaMunicipalityŠentrupertArea

• Total2.82 km² (1.09 sq mi)Elevation

375.2 m (1,231.0 ft)Population

(2002)

• Total62^[1]

Mali Cirnik pri Šentjanžu (pronounced [ˈmaːli ˈtsiːɾnik pɾi ʃɛnˈtjaːnʒu] or [ˈmaːli ˈtsiːɾnik pɾi ʃənˈtjaːnʒu]; German: Kleinzirnik^[2]^: 84) is a village in the Municipality of Šentrupert in southeastern Slovenia. It lies in the hills east of Šentrupert just off the road towards Šentjanž in the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.^[3] The settlement includes the hamlets of Stražberk (in older sources also Stražberg, German: Straßberg),^[2]^: 88 Vrhe, and Selo.^[4]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Mali Cirnik to Mali Cirnik pri Šentjanžu in 1955.^[5] The name Mali Cirnik pri Šentjanžu literally means 'little Cirnik near Šentjanž', distinguishing the village from neighboring Veliki Cirnik (literally, 'big Cirnik'). The name Cirnik is derived from the Slovene common noun cer 'Turkey oak', thus referring to the local vegetation.^[6] In the past the German name was Kleinzirnik.^[2]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ ^a ^b ^c Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna.
^ Šentrupert municipal site Archived 2012-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
^ Savnik, Roman, ed. 1976. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 266.
^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
^ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, pp. 89–90.