Hudajužna

Hudajužna

Hudajužna Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°10′37.89″N 13°55′7.5″E / 46.1771917°N 13.918750°E / 46.1771917; 13.918750
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Slovenian Littoral
Statistical region	Gorizia
Municipality	Tolmin
Area
• Total	3.14 km² (1.21 sq mi)
Elevation	391.2 m (1,283.5 ft)
Population (2022)^[1]
• Total	78
^[2]

Hudajužna (pronounced [xudaˈjuːʒna]; Italian: Villa Iùsina^[3]) is a village in the valley of the Bača River in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia.^[4] The Bohinj Railway line runs through the settlement.

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Name

The settlement was first attested in 1515 as Pochudauschna (and as Chuda Jusna in 1566, Cudaiusna in 1591, and per Hudeiusine in 1628). The name is a fused compound derived from *Huda južina (< hud 'intense, strong' + južina 'southern weather'), and thus refers to a local area that experienced the first significant thaw. The cadastral survey carried out under Emperor Francis I indicates that the name first referred to a rock shelter on Obloke Hill (Slovene: Obloški hrib) above the village, known as the place where the snow first melts away in spring.^[5]^[6] The adjective hud also means 'bad' and the noun južina 'lunch', and so popular imagination has created a story about how the name refers to an Ottoman attack on the village while the villagers were having lunch.^[5]^[7]

Church

The church in Hudajužna is dedicated to Saint Barbara. It was built in 1905 at the same time the railroad was built. It is a small building with a chancel walled on three sides and a nave through which the bell tower rises. It is roofed with sheet metal.^[8]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Hudajužna include:

Leopold Kemperle (1886–1950), journalist and editor^[7]
Janez Kokošar (1860–1923), composer^[7]

Gallery

Hudajužna railway station
1915 postcard of Hudajužna

References

^ "Naselje Hudajužna". Krajevna imena. Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ Venézia Giúlia e Dalmázia. 1934. Milan: Touring club italiano, p. 295.
^ Tolmin municipal site
^ ^a ^b Torkar, Silvo (2003). "K nastanku in pomenu nekaterih zemljepisnih imen v Baški dolini" [On the Origin and Meaning of Several Toponyms in the Bača Valley]. Slavistična revija. 51 (4): 429–442. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 165.
^ ^a ^b ^c Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 404.
^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 3856.