Official Name: | Voklo |
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: | Šenčur |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 480 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.2149°N 14.4226°W |
Elevation M: | 372 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Voklo (pronounced as /sl/; German: Hülben[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Šenčur in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
Voklo was attested in written sources in 1238 as Hv̊lwe (and as apud Hvlwin in 1238, Hulven in 1270, and Hůlben in 1349). The Slovene name is derived from (v) Lókvo (literally, 'to the watering hole'), thus referring to a local geographical feature. Phonologically, it is the result of a dialect development in which l- > w- (lokev > wọ́ku, genitive wọ́kwe) followed by dissimilation of the genitive (wọ́kwe > wọ́kle), creation of the new feminine nominative wọ́kla, and subsequent reanalysis of the accusative wọ́klo as a neuter nominative. In the local dialect, the name of the village is Wọ́ku (genitive Wọ́kləga).[3] In the past the German name was Hülben.[2]
The local church is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew and was built in 1862.[4] In addition to the altar dedicated to Saint Bartholomew, which was created by Štefan Šubic (1820–1884) and his son Valentin (1859–1927), the church also has a painting of the saint by Štefan Šubic's sons Janez (1850–1889) and Jurij (1855–1890).[5]