Brest

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Brest (pronounced [ˈbɾeːst]; German: Wröst) is a village in the Municipality of Ig in central Slovenia, just south of the capital Ljubljana. The entire municipality is part of the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.

Geography: Brest is a ribbon village along the road from Ig to Podpeč in a level area northeast of Tomišelj where the gravelly alluvial plain of the Iška River meets the actual soil of the Ljubljana Marsh. Sandy soil and fields extend to the south in an area known as Peščenke. Marshy meadows lie to the north, where the fields are arranged in beds with drainage canals. Northeast of the settlement, the territory of Brest includes a grove known as Kosler's Thicket (Slovene: Kozlerjeva gošča), named after Peter Kosler.

Name: Brest was attested in written sources in 1330 as Fraezzen (and as Vrezzen circa 1330 and Brezzt in 1401). The name is derived from the Slovene common noun brest 'elm', referring to the local vegetation.

History: A dugout canoe belonging to the prehistoric pile-dwellers' culture from the Ljubljana March was discovered in Brest during work in the courtyard of Brest Manor, testifying...