Kališe, Železniki Explained

Official Name:Kališe
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:Železniki
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:54
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.2327°N 14.1814°W
Elevation M:743
Footnotes:[1]

Kališe (pronounced as /sl/; in older sources also Kališče,[2] German: Kalische[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Železniki 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]

History

The Slovene Home Guard had a base with three bunkers at the church above Kališe during the Second World War. On 10 March 1945 it was attacked and taken by the Slovene Partisans.[4]

Church

The local church on the hill above the settlement is dedicated to the Holy Cross.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko . 1906 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 60.
  3. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 182.
  4. http://gorenjskiglas.v1.myvirtualpaper.com/gorenjskiglas_08_35/2008042901/sl/?page=2 Gorenjski Glas 30 April 2008 p. 2