Štrukljeva Vas (; sl, Štrukljeva vas, german: Strukeldorf''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 122.) is a small

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east of

Begunje Begunje na Gorenjskem (; german: Vigaun''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146.) is a village in the Municipality of Radovljica in the U ...

in the

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in the

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region of

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Name

The name ''Štrukljeva Vas'' literally means 'Štrukelj's village' (Štrukelj is a surname in the area). The possessive form of the village's name indicates that it is located in an area that was cleared and settled relatively late.

Church

The local church is a

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dedicated to Saint James and belongs to the

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of Sveti Vid.Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal website
/ref> The church has a gilded altar from the second half of the 17th century with some late Baroque additions. The altar was renovated in 1928 by the wood-carver Franc Bečaj from Cerknica. The bell tower is several centuries old and appears to have been built as a separate structure. It contains a copper bell dating to 1445. Oral tradition relates that the villagers received the bell from

Trsat Trsat ( it, Tersatto, la, Tarsatica) is part of the city of Rijeka, Croatia, with a historic castle or fortress in a strategic location and several historic churches, in one of which the Croatian noble Prince Vuk Krsto Frankopan is buried. Trsa ...

in exchange for rights to a fair that was held below Kapelšče Hill (770 m) north of the village.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Štrukljeva Vas include: *

Ivo Lah Ivo Lah (; 5 September 1896 – 23 March 1979) was a Slovenian mathematician and actuary, best known for his discovery of the Lah numbers in 1955 and for the Lah identity. In the 1930s, Lah made the first tables about mortality rates in Slov ...

(1896–1979), statistician * Ivan Štrukelj (1880–1952), teacher

References

External links

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Štrukljeva Vas on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Cerknica {{Cerknica-geo-stub