Gmajna lies below the southwest slope of Hrastovec Hill (394 meters or 1,293 feet), north of the center of Črnuče.[1][3]
Name
The name Gmajna means 'commons', referring to land jointly owned and used by the village community. The Slovenian common noun gmajna is a borrowing from Middle High Germangemeine, with the same meaning, and is found in other Slovene toponyms such as Gmajna near Slovenj Gradec as well as in the diminutive form Gmajnica.[5]
History
Gmajna had a population of 108 in 1900,[6] and 135 in 1931.[1] Gmajna was annexed by Črnuče in 1953, ending its existence as an independent settlement.[7] Črnuče itself was annexed by Ljubljana in 1980.[8]
References
^ abcKrajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo. 1937. p. 348.
^"Uebersicht der in Folge a. h. Entschließung vom 26. Juli 1849 genehmigten provisorischen Gerichtseintheilung des Kronlandes Krain". Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung. No. 141. November 24, 1849. p. 21.
^ abSavnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 349.