Kališe, Kamnik

Kališe
Kališe Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°15′53.33″N 14°41′5.15″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Central Slovenia
Municipality	Kamnik
Elevation	924.4 m (3,032.8 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	52
[1]

Kališe (pronounced [kaˈliːʃɛ]; in older sources also Kališče,[2] German: Unterkalische, Oberkalische[2]) is a small dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Kamnik in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Name

The name Kališe is derived from the Slovene common noun kal '(small) pond' and refers to a place with such a feature. Other Slovene toponyms with the same root include Kal, Kalce, Kališče, Kališnik, and Kalše.[3]

Church

Saint Acacius's Church

The local church, built on a small hill above the village, is dedicated to Saint Acacius of Ararat[4] and is home to an important colony of the lesser horseshoe bat.^[citation needed] The church is a chapel of ease belonging to the Parish of Gozd.[4] The church is Gothic, dating to the second half of the 15th century, but parts of it were rebuilt on a number of occasions.[5] The current building dates from 1753, and it features paintings dating from 1772 by Janez Potočnik.[4]

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. 24.
3. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 182.
4. Cerkev sv. Ahacija v vasi Kališe. Information sign posted at the church.
5. "Kamnik Tourist Agency site". Archived from the original on 2007-05-05. Retrieved 2008-11-26.

External links

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