Country Slovenia Statistical region Savinja Area 252 ha Municipality Municipality of Vojnik | Traditional region Styria Elevation 332 m Population 363 (2002) | |
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Socka ([ˈsoːtska]; German: Einödt) is a settlement in the Municipality of Vojnik in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the road north of Nova Cerkev towards Vitanje. The area was traditionally part of the Styria region. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region.
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Map of 3203 Socka, Slovenia
Name
Socka was attested in written sources in 1173 as Ainoht (and as Aynat in 1403–04 and Ainedt in 1441). The Slovene name Socka is derived through vowel reduction from *Sǫtěska, literally 'gorge'. The settlement was named for the Socka Gorge on the Hudinja River between Zavrh Hill (907 m) and Kozjek Hill (748 m) north of the settlement. The name of the gorge is also a reduced form derived from the common noun *sǫtěska 'gorge'. The settlement was known as Einödt in German.