One of the crucial methodologies for growing and developing a level of tourism which is sustainable and enhances the totality of local and regional environments is a multi-stakeholder approach to ...tourism development. In this paper, we present the case of the 'Heritage trails through Dolenjska and Bela krajina in SE Slovenia' in which sustainable rural development (we take this to include cultural & heritage, vinicultural & gastronomic, as well as ecological tourism) is one of the key elements of the integral mix of business economy, viz. development of the region in the SE of Slovenia. The integral approach showed from the very beginning of project activities, within the Novo Mesto chamber of commerce, its long-time implementation until the present, as one of the key products within the tourist destination of Dolenjska, Bela Krajina and Kočevsko-Ribniška. It takes an integrated approach in terms of start-up, implementation and development and is supported by and benefits from the notion of a core of multiple stakeholders.
The article discusses fossil porgy fish teeth found in Middle Miocene (Badenian) sandy marl from Mastni hrib near Škocjan in Dolenjska. The teeth belong to the species Pagrus cinctus (Agassiz, 1836) ...and represent the first find in the Krka basin. In sediments of the Central Paratethys and the Mediterranean, the fossil remains of porgy fish are relatively common.
The article deals with a Roman tombstone discovered in 2008 during the renovation of the façade of the church of St. Peter at Jezero near Trebnje, which mentioned two town magistrates of Celeia, ...Gaius Longinius Severinus, and his son, Longinius Avitus. The circumstances of the discovery are described, as are other worked Roman stones reused in the church wall, the history of the church, the method of presentation and conservation of the monuments, the results of the geological analysis of the stones, and the geophysical investigation of the site. The description of the monument is followed by a textual analysis and historical commentary. The list of town magistrates of Celeia, who were previously attested mostly on inscriptions from the southern part of the province of Noricum, has thus been supplemented for the first time with this newly found inscription from the province of Pannonia
The paper presents some cases of terrain unstability from the Dolenjska karst area formed in the last yearsaround Žužemberk and Dolenjske Toplice. The Dolenjska karst has its own characteristic way ...of development. Themain features are thick soil top, mainly composed of clay, and high and strongly fluctuating water table. Presentedare a landslide, two rockfalls and a sinkhole collapse. A landslide nearby Žužemberk was initiated in soil top. Bothrockfalls appeared in tectonically highly disturbed carbonate rocks along the Žužemberk fault. The sinkhole collapsein the area around Dolenjske Toplice developed in tectonically damaged rocks inside the Dolenjska - Notranjskahorst and during a period of heavy rain.
Scholarly work devoted to the contribution of the Armenian language to the Romani lexicon has resulted in the discovery of about fifty loanwords of certain or possible Armenian origin. Some of these ...loanwords are widespread and generally well preserved in a number of Romani varieties. Some loanwords, however, have been found only in few Romani dialects, or even just in one. As has been already shown in the case of Greek loanwords, Southern Italian Romani, a very conservative and relatively under-explored macro-dialect, sometimes preserves early loanwords which in the other Romani varieties have been replaced as a result of contact with other European languages. Dolenjska Romani, too, features some very conservative lexical items, alongside many innovations of Slavic origin. Both Southern Italian Romani and Dolenjska Romani are considered peripheral dialects representing relic areas in the framework of the European Romani. Accordingly, it is possible to posit an Armenian origin for the adverb of Southern Italian Romani válë ‘early, soon, quickly’ and of Dolenjska Romani vále ‘at once’. The article discusses this hypothesis from a phonetic and a semantic point of view, with an emphasis on the historical phonetics of Romani and Armenian.
Sondažna izkopavanja na Gradcu pri Blečjem Vrhu so razkrila, da je bila vzpetina poseljena v več prazgodovinskih obdobjih. Najstarejše najdbe so ali s konca mlajše kamene dobe ali iz bakrene dobe, ko ...je bilo naselje verjetno prvič utrjeno s kamnitim obzidjem. V času horizonta certoških fibul je na ruševinah prvega obzidja zraslo novo obzidje. Debele plasti z železovo žlindro pričajo, da je bil Gradec v tem času pomembno železarsko središče. Nato življenje na Gradcu za nekaj časa zamre. Ponovno je bil obljuden v starejšem delu poznega latena (stopnja Mokronog IIIa). Tudi takrat je bil gospodarski temelj predelava železove rude. Številni odlomki finega posodja in amfora za vino govorijo za relativno blagostanje poznolatenskih prebivalcev Gradca.
This paper explains the investigation of shallow and sediment-covered areas of the Dolenjska karst discovered during the construction of the motorway section between the villages of Hrastje and ...Lešnica. Research done during construction has again proved to be very useful; we came to numerous and augmentative conclusions about the development of karst features typical of the Dolenjska region. Again the importance of the participation of karst researchers in planning major activities concerning the karst and in monitoring the work was demonstrated. We have researched the unique features of the karst surface marked mostly by large areas of stone forests and characteristic karstification below the thick sediment beds.
ESPAD survey on the use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs among adolescents in the Dolenjska region Aim: The purpose of the study was to assess the prevalence of drug use in 15-16-year old students ...in the region of Dolenjska, and to identify the trends of drug use over the past four years. Methods: The target population included students born in 1991 who answered the anonymous ESPAD questionnaire. The sample was representative of students of both sexes and of all types of secondary schools. The findings were compared with the results obtained by the ESPAD survey conducted in the Dolenjska region in 2003. Results: Alcohol and tobacco were the most frequently used drugs. Sixty-one percent of 15-16-year-old students reported the use of tobacco; 7% smoked 11 or more cigarettes per day in the previous month. Ninety-five percent of respondents reported drinking alcohol beverages in their lifetime; more then a half of them experienced drunkenness; 24.5 % in the last 30 days. The prevalence of lifetime marijuana use was 17 %; the prevalence for the use of inhalants was 12 %, and for tranquillizers or sedatives obtained without a doctor's prescription, 3 %. The prevalence for the use of other illegal drugs ranged between 0.5% and 4 %. Conclusion: The use of alcohol and some illegal drugs increased over the past four years, but the proportion of students who regularly smoked tobacco decreased.
The first volume in the Slovenski pravljičarji (Slovene Storytellers) collection of monographs contains tales recounted by Anton Dremelj-Resnik from Petrušnja Vas in Dolenjska. The esteemed ...academician Milko Matičetov has pronounced Resnik the best storyteller he has encountered during his field trips in various Slovene regions prior to his research work in Resia. The material in this book encompasses a rich palette of genres from short humorous folk tales, legends, historic tales, and anecdotes to the epically evolved animal tales and tales of magic. The book is prefaced with an extensive study, written by Anja Štefan, titled O pripovedovalcu, zbiranju in objavi njegovih pripovedi (On the Storyteller and on Collecting and Publishing His Folktales). In order to be understandable for every reader, the narratives have been set on paper in a consistently simplified dialectological system of the language spoken in the region of Dolenjska.
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