Brezje nad Kamnikom () is a settlement in the

Municipality of Kamnik The Municipality of Kamnik (; sl, Občina Kamnik) is a municipality in northern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Kamnik. Today it is part of the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. It is the 15th-largest municipality by area ...

in the Upper Carniola 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

Brezje nad Kamnikom lies on the northwest slope of Vovar Hill () on a level sun-exposed ridge. The soil is shallow and loamy. There is a natural cave under the village, with the entrance along the road to Vodice nad Kamnikom.

Name

Brezje nad Kamnikom was attested in written sources as ''Bresyach'' in 1368 and ''Nabresy'' in 1499, among other spellings. The name of the settlement was changed from ''Brezje'' to ''Brezje nad Kamnikom'' (literally, 'Brezje above Kamnik') in 1953.

Cultural heritage

A chapel shrine in Brezje nad Kamnikom has been registered as cultural heritage. The shrine stands along the old road from

Godič Godič (; german: Goditsch''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 26.) is a village on the left bank of the Kamnik Bistrica River in the Muni ...

to Brezje nad Kamnikom. It is a closed chapel-shrine (''kapelica zaprtega tipa'') with a quatrefoil ornament on the gable. The semicircular niche contains a wooden crucifix. The shrine dates from 1852.

References

External links

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Brezje nad Kamnikom on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Kamnik {{Kamnik-geo-stub