Bokalce Castle ( sl, Grad Bokalce, german: Strobelhof''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 107.) is a

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Name

The estate was attested in written sources in 1548 as ''Wokhauez'' (and as ''Bokaliz'' in 1580, and ''Wokhalez'' in 1697). The modern Slovene name (a feminine plural) was originally an

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plural form of the surname ''Bokal''. The origin of the surname is unknown. It could be the result of metathesis of the surname ''Kobal'', derived from Italian ''Cavallo''. It is also possible, but unlikely, that the name is derived from Slovene ''bok'' 'protected place, end of a hill, sharp slope', referring to the edge of Utik Hill. In the past the German name was ''Strobelhof'', based on the name of the family that acquired the castle in the second half of the 17th century.''Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine''. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 340.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 315.

History

The castle stands next to the Ljubljana ring road, next to the Gradaščica River. As early as the 12th century, the site was occupied by a

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belonging to the noble Eghk family. From 1580 to the first half of the 17th century, the castle was owned by the Diennersberg family; from 1705 to 1809, both it and the surrounding estate belonged to the counts Lamberg. In that year, Janez Nepomuk Lamberg divided the estate, selling one half to Sigmund Pagliaruzzi. The other half, including the castle itself, remained a Lamberg holding until 1817, when it was sold to Jožef Seunig. In 1899 the estate was reunited. As foreign-held property, the provisional government of

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declared sequestration of the estate in 1919, lasting until 1924. After

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, the castle was

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. It is currently rather badly decayed, and serves as an apartment building.

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