Belo, Medvode Explained

Official Name:	Belo
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:	Medvode
Area Total Km2:	1.18
Population As Of:	2002
Population Total:	27
Population Blank1 Title:	Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:	Religions
Coordinates:	46.0789°N 14.3603°W
Elevation M:	639.6
Footnotes:	^[1]

Belo (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈbeːlɔ/) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Medvode in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.^[2] In the past it was known as Nawelim in German.^[3]

Name

Belo was attested in historical documents as Weizzenperg in 1364, and as Wela, Nabela, and Vnnderwela in 1498, among other spellings.^[4]

Cultural heritage

Several structures in Belo are registered as cultural heritage:

• The farm at Belo no. 1, known as the Lenart farm (Slovenian: pr' Lenart), consists of a single-story stone house with a 16th-century foundation; the year 1858 is carved into the door casing. There is a cottage bearing the year 1827; this was a building used by a retired farmer that continued to live on the farm. Other structures include a granary with a cellar, a stone barn with a mow, a beehouse, a fruit-drying shed, and a hayrack.^[5] There is also a plaque on the house commemorating the communist people's hero Lizika Jančar (a.k.a. Majda; 1919–1943), who was shot in Belo on 20 March 1943.^{[5] [6]}
• The house at Belo no. 2 stands on the eastern edge of the settlement, east of the farm at Belo no. 1. It is a two-story stone house from the end of the 20th century completely reconstructed from older architectural elements brought from elsewhere, including a door casing from green tuff, window casings, and beamed ceilings.^[7]

External links

• • Belo on Geopedia

Notes and References

1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. http://www.medvode.si/ Medvode municipal site
3. News: Uebersicht der in Folge a. h. Entschließung vom 26. Juli 1849 genehmigten provisorischen Gerichtseintheilung des Kronlandes Krain . Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung . 141 . November 24, 1849 . 13.
4. Web site: Belo . Slovenska historična topografija . ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa . February 8, 2021.
5. http://giskd2s.situla.org/rkd/Opis.asp?Esd=9999 Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
6. Jakopič, Albert, & Franc Benedik. 1978. Vodnik po partizanskih poteh. Ljubljana: Borec, p. 60.
7. http://giskd2s.situla.org/rkd/Opis.asp?Esd=16290 Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage