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The Invisible Slavs Zbirka / Serie OPERA INSTITUTI ARCHAEOLOGICI SLOVENIAE 28 Uredniki zbirke / Redakteure Jana Horvat, Andrej Pleterski, Anton Velušček Andrej Pleterski THE InvisiBLE Slavs. Župa BleD IN THE “Prehistoric” EARLY MIDDLE AGES Recenzenta / Reviewed by Matjaž Bizjak, Benjamin Štular Prevod / Translation Meta Osredkar Jezikovni pregled / Language Editors Mark Valentine Tehnična ureditev / Technical Editor Mateja Belak Oblikovanje ovitka / Front cover design Tamara Korošec Računalniški prelom / DTP Mateja Belak Priprava slikovnega gradiva / Preparation of illustrations Mateja Belak Digitalni model reliefa / Digital elevation model Benjamin Štular Izdala in založila / Published by Inštitut za arheologijo ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC Zanju / Represented by Oto Luthar, Jana Horvat Glavni urednik / Editor-in-Chief Aleš Pogačnik Tisk / Printed by Collegium graphicum d. o. o., Ljubljana Izid knjige sta podprla / Javna agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost RS (Slovenian Research Agency), Published with the support of Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU (Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts) This monograph is a part of results of the program “Archaeological investigations (2009-2014)” (P6-0064), funded by the Slovenian Research Agency. Fotografija na naslovnici / Front cover photo Andrej Pleterski CIP - Kataložni zapis o publikaciji Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica, Ljubljana 94(497.4Bled)“653” 903/904(497.4Bled) PLETERSKI, Andrej, 1955- The invisible Slavs : Župa Bled in the prehistoric Early Middle Ages / Andrej Pleterski ; [prevod Meta Osredkar]. - Ljubljana : Inštitut za arheologijo ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC, 2013. - (Opera Instituti archaeologici Sloveniae, ISSN 1408-5208 ; 28) ISBN 978-961-254-440-9 266785792 © 2013, author. Vse pravice pridržane. Noben del te knjige ne sme biti reproduciran, shranjen ali prepisan v kateri koli obliki oz. na kateri koli način, bodisi elektronsko, mehansko, s fotokopiranjem, snemanjem ali kako drugače, brez predhodnega pisnega dovoljenja lastnikov avtorskih pravic. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or trans- mitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Andrej Pleterski THE InvisiBLE Slavs Župa BLED IN THE “Prehistoric” EARLY MIDDLE AGES LJUBLJana 2013 Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................. 7 1.1. Invisible history .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 1.2. Motivations ................................................................................................................................................................. 7 The Slavs ................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Župa .......................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Why the microregion of Bled ............................................................................................................................... 12 1.3. Related research in the Eastern Alps and neighbouring areas ........................................................................... 13 1.4. Territory ..................................................................................................................................................................... 15 2. METHOD OF ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................................................... 17 2.1. Retrograde analysis of land cadastre ...................................................................................................................... 18 2.1.1. Cadastral map .............................................................................................................................................. 19 2.1.2. Entering data into a cadastral map ........................................................................................................... 19 2.1.3. Reconstruction of the old land division ................................................................................................... 23 2.1.4. Village plan ................................................................................................................................................... 26 2.1.5. Dendrogram of the village development .................................................................................................. 27 2.2. Written sources ......................................................................................................................................................... 27 2.3. Archaeological sources ............................................................................................................................................ 29 3.THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL VILLAGES .............................................................................................. 31 3.1 Zasip and Mužje ........................................................................................................................................................ 31 3.2. Spodnje Gorje ........................................................................................................................................................... 40 3.3. Zgornje Bodešče and Spodnje Bodešče ................................................................................................................. 45 3.4. Višelnica .................................................................................................................................................................... 55 3.5. Zgornje Gorje ........................................................................................................................................................... 58 3.6. Poljšica ....................................................................................................................................................................... 63 3.7. Podhom ..................................................................................................................................................................... 67 3.8. Spodnja Bohinjska Bela .......................................................................................................................................... 71 3.9. Grad - Bled ................................................................................................................................................................ 72 3.10. Koritno .................................................................................................................................................................... 79 3.11. Grimšče/Rečica and the settlement at Pristava ................................................................................................... 81 3.12. Želeče and Zagorice ............................................................................................................................................... 88 3.13. Mlino and Zazer ..................................................................................................................................................... 94 3.14. Ribno ........................................................................................................................................................................ 99 3.15. Selo ......................................................................................................................................................................... 101 3.16. Zgornja Bohinjska Bela ....................................................................................................................................... 104 3.17. Blejska Dobrava and Zgornja Blejska Dobrava ................................................................................................ 105 3.18. Spodnje Laze and Zgornje Laze ......................................................................................................................... 108 3.19. Kupljenik ............................................................................................................................................................... 110 4. LOCAL INHABITANTS OF BLED IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 11TH CENTURY ................................. 113 5. LANDOWNERS IN THE BLED AREA FROM THE 11TH TO THE 15TH CENTURY ...................................... 117 5.1. The Reynman family .............................................................................................................................................. 118 5.2. The Seepacher family of Mlino ............................................................................................................................. 124 5.3. The Grimšičar family ............................................................................................................................................. 125 5.4. The Kranschrot family .......................................................................................................................................... 126 5.5. The Families
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