Želimlje
Želimlje | |
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 Aerial view of Želimlje | |
  Želimlje Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 45°55′0.07″N 14°34′13.62″E / 45.9166861°N 14.5704500°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Lower Carniola |
| Statistical region | Central Slovenia |
| Municipality | Škofljica |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.45 km2 (2.88 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 335.7 m (1,101.4 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 358 |
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Želimlje (pronounced [ʒɛˈliːmljɛ]; German: Schelimle[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Škofljica in central Slovenia. The municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]
Geography[edit]
Želimlje includes the hamlets of Brezovica, Kopija (German: Kopinhof),[2] Kurja Vas, Namršelj (German: Hammerstiel),[2] Pleše, Podreber, Poljane (German: Wiesenhof),[2] Rogovila, Škopačnik, and Trnje, as well as various isolated farmsteads.[4] The remnants of Namršelj Manor (German: Hammerstill), with elements from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, stand in Namršelj.[5] Želimeljščica Creek, a tributary of the Iščica River, flows north through the settlement.
Name[edit]
Želimlje was attested in written sources in 1300 as Schelein (and as Salein in 1318 and 1326, Zelein in 1321, and Seleym in 1436). The name is originally a possessive adjective, shortened from *Želimľe (selo) (literally, 'Želimъ's village'). Today the name is declined either as a neuter singular adjective (Želímlje -ega) or as a feminine plural noun (Želímlje -melj). The originally neuter singular adjective was reanalyzed as an accusative plural, and then as a feminine nominative plural. The personal name Želimъ is a hypocorism from a name such as *Želimirъ, preserved today in the Slovene name Željko.[6]
Church[edit]
The local parish church is dedicated to Saint Vitus and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It was built between 1882 and 1884.[7]
Notable people[edit]
Notable people that were born or lived in Želimlje include:
- Fran Saleški Finžgar (1871–1962), writer[4]
- Anton Lesjak (1857–1942), historian[4]
- Mihael Levstik (1861–1939), orchard expert[4]
- Lovro Mencinger (a.k.a. Golski, 1835–1903), orchardist[4]
- Josip Schaut (died 1922), forestry expert and Auersberg estate manager[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ a b c d Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. pp. 116–117.
- ^ Škofljica municipal site
- ^ a b c d e f Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 441.
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 12674
- ^ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 488.
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2718
External links[edit]
Media related to Želimlje at Wikimedia Commons- Želimlje on Geopedia
| Settlements | Administrative seat: Škofljica
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