Official Name: | Žale |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Upper Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Kamnik |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.2292°N 14.6003°W |
Elevation M: | 466 |
Žale (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈʒaːlɛ/, in older sources also Žalje,[1] German: Sallenberg[1]) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Kamnik in central Slovenia. It is now part of the town of Kamnik. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.
Žale lies northwest of Kamnik, in a valley south of the road to Tunjice. It includes Kamnik's town cemetery.[2]
Žale was attested in historical sources as Saͤldenperg in 1309, Seldenperg in 1459, Sellenberg in 1491, and Selenperg in 1496.[3]
Žale was annexed by Kamnik in 1934, ending its existence as an independent settlement.[2] [4]
Saint Joseph's Church in Žale was built from 1677 to 1688. It was remodeled in the Baroque style in the first half or the 18th century by Maximilian Leopold Rasp (1673–1742), who also laid out the cemetery in Žale.[2] [5] [6]