Dekmanca

Dekmanca (pronounced [ˈdeːkmantsa]; German: Deckmannsdorf[2]) is a settlement on the right bank of the Sotla River in the Municipality of Bistrica ob Sotli in eastern Slovenia, right on the border with Croatia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region; until January 2014 it was part of the Savinja Statistical Region.[3] The settlement includes the hamlets of Graben, Bobovec, and Gmajna.[4]

Dekmanca
Dekmanca Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°4′50.41″N 15°37′47.27″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Lower Sava
Municipality	Bistrica ob Sotli
Area
• Total	2.59 km^2 (1.00 sq mi)
Elevation	199.7 m (655.2 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	112
[1]

Name

Dekmanca was attested in written sources in 1351 as Dyͤtmarstorff (and as Dietmarsdorf in 1404, Dietmansdorf in 1426, and Dietmannsdorff in 1480). The name is derived from the German personal name Dietmar or Dietman.[5] Locally, Dekmanca is known as Dekmarca.[4][5] In modern German it was known as Deckmannsdorf.[2]

History

There is surface evidence of an Ancient Roman settlement in the Groblje area in Dekmanca. The site has been protected as a national heritage site by the Slovenian Ministry of Culture, but it has not been investigated in any detail so far.[6]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 14.
3. Bistrica ob Sotli municipal site
4. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1976. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 365.
5. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 107.
6. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage Archived July 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine reference number 4599

External links

• Dekmanca on Geopedia