Stari Tabor
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SloveniaStari Tabor | |
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  Stari Tabor Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 45°38′50.31″N 15°6′50.56″E / 45.6473083°N 15.1140444°E | |
| Country | Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Lower Carniola |
| Statistical region | Southeast Slovenia |
| Municipality | Semič |
| Elevation | 625.1 m (2,050.9 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | none |
Stari Tabor (pronounced [ˈstaːɾi ˈtaːbɔɾ]; German: Alttabor,[1] Gottscheerish: Autrtawr[2] or Aotrtawr[3]) is a remote abandoned settlement in the Municipality of Semič in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[4] Its territory is now part of the village of Brezovica pri Črmošnjicah.[5]
Stari Tabor was located on a slope above the Črmošnjica Valley south of Brezovica pri Črmošnjicah, ranging in elevation between 606 and 620 meters. There is a spring near the site of the village.[6]
Name
The German name of the village, Alttabor, semantically corresponds to Slovene Stari Tabor, literally 'old fortified camp'.[2] Tabor 'fortified camp' is a relatively common element in Slovene place names and refers to a fortified area, usually on a hilltop but sometimes also narrow valleys or cliffs with caves, where the population could withdraw to shelter from Ottoman raids.[3][7] The word tabor itself was borrowed into Slovene partially via German (cf. late Middle High German taber[8]), but is ultimately of Turkish origin, from tabur 'battalion (prepared for defense)' (cf. also Chagatai tapkur 'fortress').[7] Some scholars have characterized the German name Alttabor as a Slovene-German hybrid.[9]
