Besnica (stream)

The Besnica is a stream that flows through the Besnica Valley east of Ljubljana. It flows through the scattered settlement of Besnica and empties into the Ljubljanica at Podgrad as its last right tributary just before it joins the Sava River. In the past, this was also the quadruple confluence of the stream with the Sava, Kamnik Bistrica, and Ljubljanica rivers.[1][2]

Besnica
Besnica Valley
Location
CountrySlovenia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNorthwest of Veliko Trebeljevo
Mouth 
 • location
Ljubljanica River at Podgrad
 • coordinates
46°4′21.92″N 14°38′9.32″E
Basin features
ProgressionLjubljanica→ Sava→ Danube→ Black Sea

Name

The name Besnica is originally a hydronym and was later also applied to the settlement of Besnica along the stream.[3] The name is derived from the Slavic adjective *běsьnъ 'rushing, swift', referring the character of the stream.[4]

See also

References
  1. Gerlica, Slavko. 1993. Podgrad z Ostrega vrha. Naša skupnost 34(5).
  2. Grilc, Viktor. 2005. Prispevek k zgodovini gospostva Osterberg. Kronika 53(3): 267–282, p. 268.
  3. Šifrer, Marjeta. 2011. Prebivalstvo Besniške doline skozi matične knjige - rojstva, poroke in smrti v 2. polovici 19. stoletja. In Danijela Trškan (ed.), Trojarjev zbornik (= Historia 19), pp. 401–416. Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete, p. 402.
  4. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 58.


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