Mengeš Explained

Official Name:Mengeš
Settlement Type:Town
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:Mengeš
Area Total Km2:13.3
Population As Of:2012
Population Total:6119
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.1626°N 14.568°W
Elevation M:315.9
Footnotes:[1]

Mengeš (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈmeːŋɡəʃ/; German: Mannsburg[2]) is a town in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Mengeš. It is located approximately fifteen kilometers from the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana. It includes the hamlets of Zavrti, Veliki Mengeš (German: Großmannsburg[2]), Mali Mengeš (German: Kleinmannsburg[2]), and Pristava.[3]

Name

Mengeš was first attested in written sources in 1154–56 as Meingosburg (and as Mengospurch in 1214–20, Mengozesburc in 1226, and Meingospurch in 1243). The Slovene name is a clipped form of Middle High German Meingos(purch), which is a compound of Meingoz (a personal name) + purch 'castle', thus meaning 'castle belonging to Meingoz'.[4] In the past the German name was Mannsburg.[2]

Church

The parish church in the town is dedicated to Archangel Michael.[5]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Mengeš include:

External links

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. 28.
  3. Book: Savnik . Roman . Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2 . 1971 . Državna založba Slovenije . Ljubljana . 94–96.
  4. Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 259.
  5. http://www.menges.si/cgi-bin/pccms.cgi?page=95 Mengeš municipal site