Bohinjska Bela () is a village in the
Municipality of Bled
The Municipality of Bled (; sl, Občina Bled) is a municipality in northwestern Slovenia in the Upper Carniola region. The seat of the municipality is the town of Bled, located on the shores of Lake Bled. The area is a popular tourist destination ...
in the
Upper Carniola
Upper Carniola ( sl, Gorenjska; it, Alta Carniola; german: Oberkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jeseni ...
region of
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
.
Geography
Bohinjska Bela lies on the left bank of the
Sava Bohinjka River, southwest of
Bled
Bled (; german: Veldes,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146. in older sources also ''Feldes'') is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper C ...
. The oldest part of the settlement, locally known as ''Spodnja vas'' or ''Dolenja vas'' ('lower village'), is believed to be over a thousand years old. The main part of the village is known as ''Zgornja vas'' or ''Gorenja vas'' ('upper village'). The train and bus stations are in the smallest part of the village, known locally as Podklanec. The
Bohinjska Bela Barracks (with the
Slovenian Military Mountain School and
Multinational Centre of Excellence for Mountain Warfare
Multinational Centre of Excellence for Mountain Warfare (MN COEMW; sl, Večnacionalni center odličnosti za gorsko bojevanje) is one of NATO Centres of Excellence, located in Bohinjska Bela, Slovenia. It is "responsible for training individuals ...
) is located here.
Name
Bohinjska Bela was attested in written sources as ''Velach'' in 1253 and ''Vocheiner Velach'' in 1368, among other spellings.
Church
Saint Margaret's Church, dating from the 16th-century, stands in the part of the village known as ''Spodnja vas''.
References
External links
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Bohinjska Bela at Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Bled
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