Visoko pri Poljanah explained

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.

Name

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]

Visoko estate

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.

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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. 60.
  3. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.