Lipsenj
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SloveniaLipsenj | |
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  Lipsenj Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 45°44′43.42″N 14°25′56.8″E / 45.7453944°N 14.432444°E | |
| Country | Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Inner Carniola |
| Statistical region | Littoral–Inner Carniola |
| Municipality | Cerknica |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.3 km2 (0.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 654.6 m (2,147.6 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 126 |
| • Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) |
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Lipsenj (pronounced [liˈpseːn], German: Lipsein[2]) is a small village between Žerovnica and Gorenje Jezero on the eastern edge of Lake Cerknica in the Municipality of Cerknica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]
In addition to the main settlement, Lipsenj includes the hamlets of Podšteberk (in older sources Štegbrg, German: Stegberg)[2] and Sveti Štefan (German: Sank Stefan[2]).[4]
Name
Lipsenj was attested in written sources in 1425 as Lubssem (and as Lubsen in 1436 and 1497, Lubzin in 1444, Lupsen in 1581, and Lypse in 1589). The medieval transcriptions of the name indicate that it developed from *Ljupsenj. This may have developed from the unattested hypocorism *Ľubosenъ, referring to some early inhabitant of the place.[5]
