Želimlje

Želimlje
Aerial view of Želimlje
Želimlje Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°55′0.07″N 14°34′13.62″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Central Slovenia
Municipality	Škofljica
Area
• Total	7.45 km^2 (2.88 sq mi)
Elevation	335.7 m (1,101.4 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	358
[1]

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

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.

Namršelj

Pleše

Skopačnik

Hamlets of Želimlje

Name

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

Saint Vitus's Church

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

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

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. pp. 116–117.
3. Škofljica municipal site
4. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 441.
5. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 12674
6. Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 488.
7. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2718

External links

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