Zalog pri Cerkljah explained

Official Name:Zalog pri Cerkljah
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:Cerklje na Gorenjskem
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:547
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.2303°N 14.5182°W
Elevation M:357.8
Footnotes:[1]

Zalog pri Cerkljah (pronounced as /sl/; German: Salog[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It includes the hamlets of Zgornji Zalog (German: Obersalog[2]), Srednji Zalog (German: Mittersalog[2]), Spodnji Zalog (German: Untersalog[2]), Zgornja Trata, and Spodnja Trata.[3]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Zalog to Zalog pri Cerkljah in 1953.[4] In the past the German name was Salog.[2]

Church

The church in the hamlet of Zgornji Zalog is dedicated to Saint Matthew. The bell in the belfry is dated to 1434 and is the oldest known bell in the Archdiocese of Ljubljana.[5]

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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, pp. 32–33.
  3. Book: Savnik . Roman . Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1 . 1968 . Državna založba Slovenije . Ljubljana . 172.
  4. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  5. http://www.cerklje.si/208.0.html Cerklje municipal site