Rut, Tolmin

Rut (pronounced [ˈɾuːt]; formerly Nemški Rut[3] or Nemška Koritnica,[4] German: Deutschruth,[3] Italian: Rutte di Gracova[5]) is a village north of Koritnica in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[6]

Rut
Rut
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°12′19.61″N 13°53′27.08″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionSlovenian Littoral
Statistical regionGorizia
MunicipalityTolmin
Area
 • Total10.17 km2 (3.93 sq mi)
Elevation
670.3 m (2,199.1 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total43
[2]

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Lambert and belongs to the Koper Diocese. It had been an exclave of German speakers, to which the former name refers.[7]

References
  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia: Rut.
  2. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  3. Spezialortsrepertorium der österreichischen Länder. Bearbeitet auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910, vol. 7: Österreichisch-Illyrisches Küstenland. Vienna: K. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. 1918. p. 27.
  4. Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 419.
  5. Flynn, Randall E, & Gerd Quinting. 1983. Gazetteer of Yugoslavia: Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names. Washington, DC: Defense Mapping Agency, p. 631.
  6. Tolmin municipal site
  7. Koper Diocese list of churches Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine


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