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[edit]

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.