Bodovlje (; german: Wodovlje''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 64. or ''Wodoule''''Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung'', no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 10.) is a village in the

Municipality of Škofja Loka The Municipality of Škofja Loka (; sl, Občina Škofja Loka) is a municipality in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Škofja Loka. The municipality was established in its current form on 3 October ...

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

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Geography

Bodovlje is a clustered village that lies on the right bank of the Poljane Sora River, along both sides of Bodovlje Creek ( sl, Bodoljska grapa). Most of the settlement is on the

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along the river, but some houses also stand in the narrow valley along the creek. The creek valley is bounded by Dešna Hill (elevation ) to the east and Saint Peter's Hill (, elevation ) to the southwest. There are fields and meadows in the flat area along the river, and the creek valley and hillsides are forested.

Name

Bodovlje was attested in written records in 1291 and 1318 as ''Vondeul'' (and as ''Wodobli'' in 1500). The name is presumably derived from the plural demonym ''*Bǫdovľane'', created from a place name such as ''*Bǫdovľe (selo)'' (literally, 'Bǫdъ's village'), based on the personal name ''*Bǫdь'' or ''*Bǫdъ''. An alternate, but less likely, theory is that the name is derived from ''*ǫdolьje'' 'valleys' via prothesis and the phonological development ''v'' > ''b'', known as ''betacizem'' in Slovene (i.e., ''*ǫd-'' > ''*vǫd-'' > ''*bǫd-''). In the past, the settlement was known as ''Wodovlje'' or ''Wodoule'' in German.

History

Mass grave

Bodovlje is the site of a

mass grave A mass grave is a grave containing multiple human corpses, which may or may not be identified prior to burial. The United Nations has defined a criminal mass grave as a burial site containing three or more victims of execution, although an exact ...

from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Bodovlje Mass Grave ( sl, Grobišče Bodovlje) is located on a steep forest slope 200 m southeast of the village. It contains the remains of 22 to 24

Home Guard Home guard is a title given to various military organizations at various times, with the implication of an emergency or reserve force raised for local defense. The term "home guard" was first officially used in the American Civil War, starting w ...

prisoners of war that were taken from the prison at Loka Castle on the night of 29 May 1945, murdered, and buried in a former Partisan bunker.

Post–World War II

The Termika factory was established in Bodovlje in 1958. It produced

mineral wool Mineral wool is any fibrous material formed by spinning or drawing molten mineral or rock materials such as slag and ceramics. Applications of mineral wool include thermal insulation (as both structural insulation and pipe insulation), filt ...

and employed about 220 people. The site of the plant was formerly a veneer factory.

Church

The local church is dedicated to

Saint Peter ) (Simeon, Simon) , birth_date = , birth_place = Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire , death_date = Between AD 64–68 , death_place = probably Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire , parents = John (or Jonah; Jona) , occupat ...

. It dates to the early 16th century, although the nave was

vaulted In architecture, a vault (French ''voûte'', from Italian ''volta'') is a self-supporting arched form, usually of stone or brick, serving to cover a space with a ceiling or roof. As in building an arch, a temporary support is needed while ring ...

in the Baroque style at a later date. The nave contains remains of frescos from the early 16th century. The

sanctuary A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred place, such as a shrine. By the use of such places as a haven, by extension the term has come to be used for any place of safety. This secondary use can be categorized into human sanctuary, a sa ...

is also decorated with saints in the lower borders, apostles at window height, and

evangelists Evangelists may refer to: * Evangelists (Christianity), Christians who specialize in evangelism * Four Evangelists, the authors of the four Gospel accounts in the New Testament * ''The Evangelists ''The Evangelists'' (''Evangheliştii'' in Roma ...

and

angel In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God. Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles inclu ...

s higher up, all by the painter

Jernej of Loka Jernej of Loka (Bartholomew) was a 16th-century Painting, painter active in the Škofja Loka area, from which his epithet is also derived. He is known to have painted the frescoes in a number of other churches throughout the Upper Carniola region a ...

dating to between 1525 and 1540. The church altars date to the 18th century.''Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine''. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 586.

References

External links

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Bodovlje at Geopedia
{{Škofja Loka Populated places in the Municipality of Škofja Loka