Bohinjska Bistrica

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Bohinjska Bistrica (pronounced [bɔˈxiːnska ˈbiːstɾitsa]; German: Wocheiner Feistritz) is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Municipality of Bohinj, in the Upper Carniola region of northwestern Slovenia.

The settlement lies in the Julian Alps southwest of the Triglav massif and the Pokljuka Plateau, in the Sava Bohinjka Valley between the Dobrava and Ajdovski Gradec hills and Bistrica and Belica creeks. Lake Bohinj forms the head of the valley in the west. Bohinjska Bistrica railway station is a stop on the Bohinj Railway line from Jesenice to Trieste via the 6,327 m (20,758 ft) Bohinj Tunnel. The main road leading to the railway station divides the settlement into the upper and lower hamlets of Zgornja Vas (Slovene: Zgornja vas) and Spodnja Vas (Spodnja vas).

Name: Bohinjska Bistrica was attested in written sources as Vustris in 1253, Feustricz in 1368, and Freuͤstriez in 1464, among other spellings. The name literally means 'Bistrica in the Bohinj region', similar to Ilirska Bistrica (i.e., 'Illyrian Bistrica') or Kamniška Bistrica (i.e., 'Bistrica in the Kamnik area'). Bistrica (and its cognates) is a very common Slavic place...