Ojstrica

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The rugged shapes of the Krvavica mountain near Ojstrica bear witness to the name of the area

Ojstrica , in older texts Osterwitz , is an area in the village of Loke ( Lakdorf ) in the Slovenian municipality of Tabor on the southwestern edge of the Cilli basin . The place became Ojstrica pri Št after the Church of St. George in the main town Tabor . Jurju ob Taboru called, to distinguish it from other places of the same name also Osterwitz in the Sanntal . Ojstrica lies in a valley that runs from south to north in the hill country between the basin of Cilli and thus the valley of the Savinja and the valley of the Save to the southwest of the basin of Cilli. The stream of the same name, Ojstrica, flows in it, which flows into the Konjščica after a few kilometers , which in turn flows into the Savinja. At the confluence of the valley in the basin of Cilli is the place Ojstriška vas (Osterwitzdorf).

The name is derived from the appearance of the nearby Krvavica mountain . This mountain has rugged shapes because it consists of a harder material ( shell limestone ) than its surroundings of slate and dolomites. In the north and west of the mountain, rock faces drop 50 to 100 meters. The name Ojstrica contains the Slovenian word oster for sharp, pointed and thus means about Scharfenberg, Spitzberg .

On this mountain there is an archaeological site, a hilltop settlement from the 3rd to 6th centuries.

The place became famous for the Osterwitz Castle and Palace , both of which no longer exist.

Location of Ojstrica (then: Osterwitz) in the southwest of the Cilli basin

The place has nothing to do with the 2350 m high mountain Ojstrica in the Steiner Alps . This mountain is about 70 km further northwest.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On the history of Hochosterwitz Castle, p. 6 middle (accessed July 1, 2016).
  2. ^ Website of the municipality of Tabor, O občini Tabor, section Loke (accessed June 30, 2016)
  3. ↑ Robert Krempuš: Krvavica in Vransko in Slovenia, hilltop settlement of the 3rd to the 6th century. In: Michel Feugere, Mitja Gustin: Iron, blacksmiths and tools: ancient European crafts: acts of the Instumentum Conference at Podsreda (Slovenia) in April 1999 . Monographies Instrumentum Volume 12. Montagnac, Mergoil, 2000. ISBN 2-907303-25-2 .

Coordinates: 46 ° 13 '  N , 15 ° 0'  E