Srednja Dobrava
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SloveniaSrednja Dobrava | |
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  Srednja Dobrava Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°18′22.75″N 14°13′10.17″E / 46.3063194°N 14.2194917°E | |
| Country | Slovenia |
| Region | Upper Carniola |
| Statistical region | Upper Carniola |
| Municipality | Radovljica |
| Elevation | 498.2 m (1,634.5 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 112 |
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Srednja Dobrava (pronounced [ˈsɾeːdnja dɔˈbɾaːʋa]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Radovljica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
Srednja Dobrava stands on a plain extending 500 meters (1,600 ft) between the Sava Valley and the Lipnica, which runs parallel to the Sava below the Jelovica Plateau. Woods and fields, interrupted in places by karst sinkholes, gently descend from Kamna Gorica to Podnart. The local community of Srednja Dobrava encompasses the villages of Srednja Dobrava, Spodnja Dobrava, Zgornja Dobrava, Mišače, and Lipnica. The parish church in the village is dedicated to the Exaltation of the Cross and belongs to the Archdiocese of Ljubljana.[2]
Name
The name Srednja Dobrava literally means 'middle Dobrava' and reflects its elevation contrast with neighboring Spodnja Dobrava (literally, 'lower Dobrava', about 18 meters or 59 feet lower) and Zgornja Dobrava (literally, 'upper Dobrava', about 11 meters or 36 feet higher). The place name Dobrava is relatively frequent in Slovenia. It is derived from the Slovene common noun dobrava 'gently rolling partially wooded land' (and archaically 'woods, grove'). The name therefore refers to the local geography.[3]
History
Iron ore was collected and melted by metal workers in Kropa and Kamna Gorica. The only remnant of this period is the entrance into the Štolm Tunnel, dating back to the 18th century, which cuts through the Dobrava Plain from west to east. Farms in the area supplied the metalworkers of Kropa and Kamna Gorica with wheat. On December 5, 1941, German forces arrested 42 families and sent 23 families (81 people of a total population of 352) into forced labor in Germany; December 5 is the local memorial holiday. In the cemetery there is a monument to 18 residents that died as Partisans or were shot in retribution by the Germans during the Second World War. The central figure of the resistance in Srednja Dobrava was the teacher Stane Žagar.[4]
