Lake Plav

Lake Plav (Montenegrin: Plavsko jezero) is a lake in Plav municipality, in northeastern Montenegro.

It is a glacial lake located between the Prokletije and Visitor mountain ranges at an altitude of 906 m above sea level, and extends north-south for some 2,160 m. Its average width is 920 m, and its maximum depth is nine meters.

It is the largest and most beautiful lake in Plav, and is also the best known tourist attraction in the area.

The area around the lake is ideal for trekking, hiking and mountain-biking and the lake itself is only one of a large number of mountain lakes that can be visited, whether it is for a quick swim or a relaxing picnic.

The whole Plav region nestles at the foot of the towering Prokletije mountain range and rests on the banks of Lake Plav. The lake itself stretches from north to south for nearly a mile.

The geology of Lake Plav and the surrounding lakes, streams and rock formations is very interesting. The lake itself is full of limestone caverns and there are many springs where water gushes forth from the earth.

Plav

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Plav, Montenegro

Plav (Bosnian and Serbian Cyrillic: Плав, pronounced [plâv̞]) is a town in eastern Montenegro. It has a population of 3,615 (2003 census).

Plav is the centre of Plav Municipality (population of 13,805).

Name

The name Plav (Плав) is derived from Slavic plav, "a flooded place" (poplava, "flood"). In Albanian is is known as Plava.

Geography

Plav is located at the foot of the Prokletije mountain range, adjacent to the springs of the river Lim.

The area contains many lakes and the most known is Lake Plav, one of the largest in this region. The lakes Hrid and Visitor are mountain lakes, and Visitor is noted for its floating island.

Plav is also renowned for its karst wells, among which are Ali Pasha of Gucia Springs and Oko Skakavica. Villages in the municipality include Gusinje.

History

In the Middle Ages, there was a župa (county) named Plav at the source of the flow of the Lim river and around the Plav lake. It is mentioned in several medieval Serbian documents.

The settlement of Plav itself was founded by the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman census organised in 1582-83 registered the Plav nahiyah within the Sanjak of Scutari with 18 villages; according to historian Milan Vasić all inhabitants had personal names with a Serbian character, and no Muslims were present.

Plavž (Jesenice)

Plavž (pronounced [ˈplaːu̯ʃ]) is part of the town of Jesenice in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Formerly, it was an autonomous settlement. The name Plavž means 'blast furnace' in Slovene.

History

The settlement developed in the late 16th century when the ironworks then located in the Planina pod Golico area were moved here by the Bucelleni family. The Bucellenis built new blast furnaces in 1584, a mansion house, and (in 1617) a church dedicated to St. Barbara.

In 1774 the blast furnaces in the area were abandoned and the mansion house pulled down. The area reverted to agricultural land until the 1950s, when it was developed as the main residential area of Jesenice during the industrial expansion of the Jesenice ironworks after the Second World War, particularly in the 1970s when rows of high-rise blocks of flats were built.

The northern section of Plavž is also the location of the Jesenice General Hospital, the town's largest primary school (Jesenice Tone Čufar Primary School) and a commercial industrial area adjacent to the railroad tracks.