| Official Name: | Brezovica pri Ljubljani |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Inner Carniola |
| Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Central Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Brezovica |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.6 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 3221 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 46.0207°N 14.4178°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 296 |
| Postal Code: | 1351 |
| Footnotes: | [3] |
Brezovica pri Ljubljani (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈbɾéːzɔʋitsa pɾi ljuˈbljàːni/; German: Bresowitz[4]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Brezovica in central Slovenia. It is the administrative center of the municipality. The municipality is part of the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[5]
Brezovica pri Ljubljani includes the hamlets of Bičevje along the road to Podpeč, Komarija along the former railroad to Vrhnika, Postaja along the road to the railroad station, Mala Vas (Slovenian: Mala vas) along the old main road, and Radna in the valley of Radna Creek.[6] The southern part of the settlement includes the Curnovec drainage canal,[7] which was an early attempt to drain part of the local marshland. The canal was dug between 1762 and 1769 and is named after the tobacco magnate Franz Zorn von Mildenheim (1731–1790), who directed the work.[8]
The name of the settlement was changed from Brezovica to Brezovica pri Ljubljani in 1953.[9] In the past the German name was Bresowitz.[4]
The parish church in Brezovica pri Ljubljani is dedicated to Saint Anthony the Great. A church at the site was first mentioned in written sources in 1526. The current building dates from the second half of the 19th century and is a single-nave structure with a bell tower on the west side. The furnishings are also from the 19th century. The stonework was executed by Ivan Potrebuješ in 1865, and the paintings by Ivan Šubic in 1870 and Simon Ogrin in 1887. The clock on the bell tower is the work of Janez Pogačnik.[10]
Notable people that were born or lived in Brezovica pri Ljubljani include: