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Godič

Coordinates: 46°15′43.06″N 14°36′21.74″E / 46.2619611°N 14.6060389°E / 46.2619611; 14.6060389
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Godič
Godič from the south
Godič from the south
Godič is located in Slovenia
Godič
Godič
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°15′43.06″N 14°36′21.74″E / 46.2619611°N 14.6060389°E / 46.2619611; 14.6060389
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityKamnik
Elevation
655 m (2,149 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total655
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Godič (pronounced [ɡɔˈditʃ]; German: Goditsch[2]) is a village on the left bank of the Kamnik Bistrica River in the Municipality of Kamnik in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Name

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Godič was first attested in written sources in 1426 as Goditsch (and as Godicz in 1447). The name is derived from the plural form *Godiči, from the patronymic Godič based on a name such as *Godislavъ, *Godimirъ, etc. The name thus means 'place where Godič and his people live.'[3] In the past the German name was Goditsch.[2]

Cultural heritage

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In 1993 the Archaeological Section of the National Museum of Slovenia excavated a Roman cave shrine in a local rock shelter known as Pod Gričo. A number of votive offerings, coins, potshards, and animal bones were found at the site.[4]

Notable people

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Notable people that were born or lived in Godič include:

References

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  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ a b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 26.
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 142.
  4. ^ National Museum of Slovenia site
  5. ^ a b Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 177.
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