Socka

Socka
Socka Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°20′27.68″N 15°16′35.22″E / 46.3410222°N 15.2764500°ECoordinates: 46°20′27.68″N 15°16′35.22″E / 46.3410222°N 15.2764500°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Savinja
Municipality	Vojnik
Area
• Total	2.52 km^2 (0.97 sq mi)
Elevation	332.4 m (1,090.6 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	363
[1]

Socka (pronounced [ˈsoːtska]; German: Einödt)^[2] is a settlement in the Municipality of Vojnik in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the road north of Nova Cerkev towards Vitanje. The area was traditionally part of the Styria region. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region.^[3]

Name

Socka was attested in written sources in 1173 as Ainoht (and as Aynat in 1403–04 and Ainedt in 1441). The Slovene name Socka is derived through vowel reduction from *Sǫtěska, literally 'gorge'. The settlement was named for the Socka Gorge on the Hudinja River between Zavrh Hill (907 m) and Kozjek Hill (748 m) north of the settlement. The name of the gorge is also a reduced form derived from the common noun *sǫtěska 'gorge'.^[4] The settlement was known as Einödt in German.^[2]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Orožen, Janko. 1969. "Lastna imena v severnem pasu celjske okolice." Časopis za zgodovino in narodopisje 5: 472–478, p. 475.
3. Vojnik municipal site
4. Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 386.

External links

• Socka at Geopedia