Zamostec

Zamostec
Zamostec
	Zamostec Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 45°45′25.76″N 14°38′53.4″E / 45.7571556°N 14.648167°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Southeast Slovenia
Municipality	Sodražica
Area
• Total	4.46 km2 (1.72 sq mi)
Elevation	530.1 m (1,739.2 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	209

Zamostec (pronounced [zaˈmoːstəts] or [zamɔˈstəts]; German: Brückel^[2]) is a settlement east of Sodražica in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.^[3] The settlement includes the hamlets of Vranove Njivice, Podgora, Mandrge, Podvas, Grdi Dol (German: Gerdido^[2]), and Bravčji Vrt.^[4]

Name

Zamostec was attested in historical sources as Pruͤklein in 1343 and Prukchlein in 1444, among other spellings.^[5]

A small chapel-shrine in the village is dedicated to the Our Lady of the Snows. It was built in the late 19th century.^[6]

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 50–51.
^ Sodražica municipal site
^ Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 579.
^ "Zamostec". Slovenska historična topografija. ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage Archived July 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine reference number ešd 22409

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