Soteska, Bled

Soteska
Soteska
	Soteska Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 46°19′6″N 14°03′48″E / 46.31833°N 14.06333°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional Region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Upper Carniola
Municipality	Bled
Elevation	470 m (1,540 ft)

Soteska (pronounced [sɔˈteːska], in older sources sometimes V Štengah,^[2] German: In der Stiege^[2]) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Bled in northwestern Slovenia. It is now part of the village of Kupljenik. The Soteska railway station is in the neighboring village of Nomenj.^[3] The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Upper Carniola Statistical Region.

Geography

Soteska lies in the southwesternmost part of Kupljenik, on the right bank of the Sava Bohinjka River.

Soteska was annexed by Kupljenik in 1955, ending its existence as a separate settlement.^[4]^[5]

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ ^a ^b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko (PDF). Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 151.
^ Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 285.
^ "Uredba o razglasitvi novih naselij in o združitvi naselij". Uradni list Ljudske republike Slovenije. 12 (21): 401. June 9, 1955. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
^ Marinković, Dragan (1991). Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990 (PDF). Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. pp. 55, 94.