Official Name: | Visoko pri Poljanah |
Other Name: | Visoko (until 1953) |
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 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 24 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.1265°N 14.2121°W |
Elevation M: | 380.3 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Visoko pri Poljanah (in Slovenian pronounced as /ʋiˈsɔːkɔ pɾi pɔˈljaːnax/; German: Wisoko[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
The name of the settlement was changed from Visoko to Visoko pri Poljanah in 1953.[3] In the past the German name was Wisoko.[2]
The Visoko estate in the Poljane Valley is part of this settlement. It comprises two large farms, first mentioned in documents as early as the 13th century. The Kalan farm was arranged by the writer and politician Ivan Tavčar into his manor. In his best-known work, The Visoko Chronicles, Tavčar describes events taking place on this estate in the 17th century, when the Kalan family were overlords of the entire valley. There is a bronze statue of the writer by the sculptor Jakob Savinšek close to the manor house. Tavčar is also buried at Visoko.