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Hlavče Njive

human settlement

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 12, 2025
Entity authorityQ938695
Source-derived summary

Hlavče Njive (pronounced [ˈxlaːu̯tʃɛ ˈnjiːʋɛ]) is a small settlement in the hills above the Poljane Sora Valley in the Municipality of Gorenja Vas–Poljane in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Name

Hlavče Njive was attested in historical sources as Qualtsemb in 1291 and Chlapscheniue in 1500. Etymologically, the name means 'servants' fields', referring to a feudal arrangement, from hlapec 'demesne servant' (cf. Chlap-sche in the 1500 attestation) + njive (plural of njiva 'tilled field').

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Hlavče Njive” is human settlement. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Hlavče, Njive and human, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1291, 1500—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Hlavče, Njive and human is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “human settlement” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 12, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q938695. Authority coordinates are 46.119, 14.131. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1291 and 1500.

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This entry incorporates text from Hlavče Njive” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.