Kališe, Kamnik 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:Central Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Kamnik
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:52
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.2648°N 14.6848°W
Elevation M:924.4
Footnotes:[1]

Kališe (pronounced as /sl/; in older sources also Kališče,[2] German: Unterkalische, Oberkalische[2]) is a small dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Kamnik 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]

Church

The local church, built on a small hill above the village, is dedicated to Saint Acacius of Ararat[4] and is home to an important colony of the lesser horseshoe bat. The church is a chapel of ease belonging to the Parish of Gozd.[4] The church is Gothic, dating to the second half of the 15th century, but parts of it were rebuilt on a number of occasions.[5] The current building dates from 1753, and it features paintings dating from 1772 by Janez Potočnik.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 24.
  3. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 182.
  4. Cerkev sv. Ahacija v vasi Kališe. Information sign posted at the church.
  5. Web site: Kamnik Tourist Agency site . 2008-11-26 . https://archive.today/20070505021418/http://podjetnistvo.kamnik.si/turizem02_12.php . 2007-05-05 . dead .