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Zgornji Otok (pronounced [ˈzɡoːɾnji ˈɔːtɔk], German: Oberotok[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Radovljica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Zgornji Otok
Zgornji Otok Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°21′0.11″N 14°12′15.08″E
Country	Slovenia
Region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Upper Carniola
Municipality	Radovljica
Elevation	502.5 m (1,648.6 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	55
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Geography

Zgornji Otok lies along the road from Zapuže to Mošnje where the foothills of the Kamnik–Savinja Alps meet the Radovljica Basin. An intermittent stream runs through the village; during heavy rains it rises quickly and becomes a tributary of Dobruša Creek. The soil is very sandy.[3]

Name

The name Zgornji Otok (literally, 'upper Otok') is paired with that of neighboring Spodnji Otok (literally, 'lower Otok'), which stands about 8 meters (26 ft) lower in elevation. Together with Spodnji Otok, both villages were attested with the German name Werd in 1326, which, like Slovene Otok, means 'island'.[4] Like settlements with the semantically corresponding name Verd, the name refers not only to an island, but also to an elevated location next to a marsh or other wetland.[5]

Mass grave

Zgornji Otok is the site of a mass grave from the end of the Second World War. The Zgornji Otok Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Zgornji Otok) is located on sunken ground in a meadow west of the settlement, a few meters east of the edge of the woods, at a site called Pod Koncami. It contains the remains of 14 Croatian soldiers killed on May 6, 1945.[6]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Zgornji Otok include:

• Ivan Resman (1848–1905), poet[3]

References

External links

• Media related to Zgornji Otok at Wikimedia Commons
• Zgornji Otok at Geopedia

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