Ribnica, Brežice

Ribnica
Ribnica

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°51′48.36″N 15°39′59.34″E / 45.8634333°N 15.6664833°E / 45.8634333; 15.6664833Coordinates: 45°51′48.36″N 15°39′59.34″E / 45.8634333°N 15.6664833°E / 45.8634333; 15.6664833
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Lower Sava
Municipality Brežice
Area
 • Total 2 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Elevation 222.3 m (729.3 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 118
[1]

Ribnica (pronounced [ˈɾiːbnitsa]) is a settlement on the right bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia. The area was traditionally part of Lower Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[2]

Name

The name Ribnica was originally a hydronym derived from the common noun riba 'fish', thus referring to a stream with many fish and, by extension, a settlement along such a stream.[3]

Cultural heritage

Archaeological excavations in the area have revealed building foundations of a small temple and other buildings; remains of a hypocaust, a well, and a burial ground point to the site of a Roman mansio on the Roman road from Emona to Siscia. The settlement was known as Romula.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Brežice municipal site
  3. ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 354.
  4. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 9335

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