Fallow and house names in the vicinty of Gornji Grad by the 1426 land register

Authors

  • Rebeka Tajnšek

Keywords:

Gornji Grad, Benedictine monastery, house names (hišna imena), fallow names (ledinska imena), Zgornja Savinjska dolina

Abstract

Presented in the article is the development of house and fallow names in Gornji Grad and its vicinity according to a land register from 1426. The names are presented by settlements as stated in the land register, which not in all cases corresponds with the present circumstances. The development of names is demonstrated in view of geomorphologic characteristics of the landscape in the surrounding of Gornji Grad, the position of farms, personal characteristics of carriers of names, and in view of occupation or activity of carriers of names.

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