The sonnet is dedicated to the Prešeren's home village of Vrba, expressing a sense of general melancholy over the lost idyll of the rural environment.
In 1940, Župančič collaborated in the production of the documentary O, Vrba that presented the Prešeren House, where the Slovene national poet France Prešeren was born, and his birth village of Vrba.
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The municipality consists of the following villages: Adžievci, Beličica, Bibaj, Bituše, Bogdevo, Boletin, Cerovo, Duf, Galičnik, Grekaj, Janče, Kičinica, Krakornica, Lazaropole, Leunovo, Mavrovi Anovi, Mavrovo, Ničpur, Nikiforovo, Nistrovo, Nivište, Novo Selo, Orkjuše, Prisojnica, Ribnica, Rosoki, Rostuša, Selce, Sence, Skudrinje, Sretkovo, Sušica, Tanuše, Trebište, Tresonče, Velebrdo, Viduše, Volkovija, Vrben, Vrbjani, Žirovnica, Žužnje
The first in a series of hydroelectric power plants on the river, the Moste Hydro Power Plant (22.5 MW), is located near Žirovnica.
In 1940, the Prešeren House and the village were filmed for the black and white sound documentary O, Vrba.
Žerovnica, a settlement in the Municipality of Cerknica, Slovenia, formerly also known as Žirovnica
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Žirovnica, Sevnica, a settlement in the Municipality of Sevnica, Slovenia
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Žirovnica, Idrija, a settlement in the Municipality of Idrija, Slovenia
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Žirovnica, Žirovnica, a settlement in the Municipality of Žirovnica, Slovenia