Češnjice pri Moravčah (; german: Kerschdorf
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 20.]) is a settlement in the
Municipality of Moravče
The Municipality of Moravče (; sl, Občina Moravče) is a municipality in the traditional region of Upper Carniola in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Moravče. Moravče became a municipality in 1994.
Settlemen ...
in central
Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of
Upper Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the
Central Slovenia Statistical Region.
Name
Češnjice pri Moravčah was attested in historical sources as ''Chersteten'' in 1367, ''Nider Kerstet'' in 1431, ''Ober Cherstetten'' in 1436, and ''Kerssteten'' in 1444, among other names. The name of the settlement was changed from ''Češnjice'' to ''Češnjice pri Moravčah'' in 1953. In the past the German name was ''Kerschdorf''.
Cultural heritage
A 16th-century
mansion
A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word ''mansio'' "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb ''manere'' "to dwell". The English word '' manse'' originally defined a property l ...
, built on a small hill in the southeastern part of the settlement, was burned by the
Partisans in 1943.
References
External links
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Češnjice pri Moravčah on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Moravče
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