| Official Name: | Bukov Vrh nad Visokim |
| Other Name: | Bukov Vrh (until 1997) |
| 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: | Upper Carniola |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Škofja Loka |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.74 |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Total: | 42 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 46.111°N 14.226°W |
| Elevation M: | 740.6 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Bukov Vrh nad Visokim (pronounced as /sl/) is a settlement above Visoko pri Poljanah in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
Bukov Vrh nad Visokim is a dispersed settlement in the northwestern part of the Polhov Gradec Hills. It consists of the isolated Dolinec, Golar, Kuzovec, Skobelj, and Švint farms, as well as the hamlet of Podskalar (with the Boštar, Brnovi, and Šuštar farms). The highest elevation in the settlement is Pasja ravan (literally, 'dog plateau', elevation 1020m (3,350feet)). Sovpat Creek, a tributary of the Poljane Sora River, borders the settlement to the northeast and is fed by several small creeks in the settlement. The name Sovpat is the Poljane dialect form of the word sopot 'stream with waterfalls'.[2]
The name Bukov Vrh nad Visokim literally means 'beech peak above Visoko'. Like similar names (e.g., Bukovo, Bukovica, Bukovec, etc.), it is derived from the Slovene adjective bukov, from the common noun bukev 'beech', referring to the local vegetation.[3]
The area was settled between the 12th and early 14th centuries by ethnic Slovenians from Carinthia. During the Second World War there was an engagement between German forces and members of the Partisans' Cankar Brigade at the Skobelj farm, where there is a small memorial.[2] In the 1970s, the Yugoslav People's Army reduced the elevation of Pasja ravan by about 10m (30feet) in order to install bunkers and launching sites for S-125 Neva antiaircraft missiles.[4] [5] [6]
Bukov Vrh nad Visokim was established as a separate settlement in 1997, when it was split off from Bukov Vrh.[7]