Neverke

Neverke (pronounced [ˈneːʋɛɾkɛ]) is a village west of Pivka in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[2]

Neverke
Neverke Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°39′57.55″N 14°8′14.27″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Inner Carniola
Statistical region	Littoral–Inner Carniola
Municipality	Pivka
Area
• Total	3.36 km^2 (1.30 sq mi)
Elevation	443.2 m (1,454.1 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	102
[1]

Name

Neverke was attested in written sources in 1763–67 as Na Verscze, Navershze, and Versecz. The 18th-century transcriptions of the name indicate that they are a distorted form of the fused prepositional phrase *na Vršce 'on the small peak', whereas today's form of the name may be derived via Italian from the phrase *na Vrhe 'on the peak'. In both cases, the likely references is Vrhe Hill (477 m; 1,565 ft) immediately east of the village.[3]

History

The Italian authorities built extensive military housing in Neverke in 1933 to maintain soldiers and workers engaged in producing gunpowder and filling munitions with gunpowder. During the Second World War, after the Italian capitulation in 1943, German forces took over the site. The Germans withdrew in spring 1944, and the site was used intermittently by the sapper squad of the Partisan 9th Corps, which destroyed the rail lines between Pivka and Rijeka and between Pivka and Trieste. After the war, the buildings were eventually taken over by the Kras poultry farm, which was established in 1959.[4]

Church

The local church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Anthony the Hermit and belongs to the Parish of Košana.[5]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Pivka municipal site
3. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 283.
4. Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 255.
5. Koper Diocese list of churches Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Neverke on Geopedia