Čemšenik

Čemšenik
Village
Čemšenik Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°10′47.44″N 14°56′38.09″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Central Sava
Municipality	Zagorje ob Savi
Area
• Total	2.28 km^2 (0.88 sq mi)
Elevation	630.5 m (2,068.6 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	223
[1]

Čemšenik (pronounced [tʃɛmʃɛˈniːk]; German: Tschemschenik[2]) is a village north of Izlake in the Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region.[3]

Name

Čemšenik was attested in historical sources as Czremssenich in 1330, Schremsnikg in 1421, Zremsenikh in 1478, and Tschremsenikg in 1496, among other spellings. The name is derived from the common noun čremsa 'bird cherry', referring to the local vegetation.[4]

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary (Slovene: Marijino vnebovzetje) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to the 13th century, but the current building dates to the 17th-century rebuilding with early 19th-century alterations.[5]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 22.
3. Zagorje ob Savi municipal site
4. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 97.
5. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 1720

External links

• Media related to Čemšenik at Wikimedia Commons
• Čemšenik on Geopedia