Gorenja Sava

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Country Slovenia
Elevation
[1]
357 m (1,171 ft)
Gorenja Sava
Gorenja Sava is located in Slovenia
Gorenja Sava
Gorenja Sava
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°14′48″N 14°20′25″E / 46.24667°N 14.34028°E / 46.24667; 14.34028
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionUpper Carniola
MunicipalityKranj
Elevation
[1]
357 m (1,171 ft)

Gorenja Sava (pronounced [ɡɔˈɾeːnja ˈsaːʋa]; German: Gorenjasawa[2]) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Kranj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is now part of the city of Kranj.[3]

Gorenja Sava stands northwest of Kranj's city center, on a terrace between the foot of Mount Saint Margaret (Slovene: Šmarjetna gora) and the right bank of the Sava River.[1][3] It is connected by road to Spodnja Besnica to the north and to the former village of Kalvarija to the south.[1][3]

Name

A sign for Gorenjesavska cesta 'Gorenja Sava Street'

Gorenja Sava was attested in historical sources as Sawa in 1291, Zaw in 1347, and Obersaw in 1481, among other variations.[4] The name Gorenja Sava means 'upper Sava' and refers to its upstream location on the Sava River.

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