Dovje (; german: Lengenfeld) is a village in the
Municipality of Kranjska Gora
The Municipality of Kranjska Gora (; sl, Občina Kranjska Gora) is a municipality on the Sava Dolinka River in the Upper Carniola region of northwest Slovenia, close to the Austrian and Italian borders. The seat of the municipality is the town ...
in the
Upper Carniola
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region of
Slovenia
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, located on the southern slopes of the
Karawanks
The Karawanks or Karavankas or Karavanks ( sl, Karavanke; german: Karawanken, ) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps on the border between Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: ...
at an elevation of 703 m. It has a rich history and rural tradition and is known as one of the sunniest villages in Slovenia. Its location is ideal for farming and this has been the main occupation of its inhabitants for many centuries.
Name
Dovje was attested in historical sources in 1029 as ''Lenginvuélt'', in 1065 as ''Lenginvelt'', and in 1318 as ''Langenuelt''.
The Slovene name is based on a translation of the German name (literally, 'long field'), presumably through dialect development from *''dolgē (polje)'' 'long field', referring to the configuration of the village's territory.
Cultural heritage
The village has preserved a number of elements typical of alpine
architecture
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...
. The most interesting of these are the arched front doors of the old houses. The view toward the
Julian Alps
The Julian Alps ( sl, Julijske Alpe, it, Alpi Giulie, , ) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretch from northeastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 m at Mount Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia. A large pa ...
from the village has made the cemetery next to St. Michael's Church an appropriate final resting place for many hikers that lost their lives on
Mount Triglav
Triglav (; german: Terglau; it, Tricorno), with an elevation of , is the highest mountain in Slovenia and the highest peak of the Julian Alps. The mountain is the pre-eminent symbol of the Slovene nation. It is the centrepiece of Triglav Nati ...
and the surrounding mountains.
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Dovje include:
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Jakob Aljaž
Jakob Aljaž (July 6, 1845 – May 4, 1927) was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest, composer and mountaineer.
Aljaž was born in a small Upper Carniolan village of Zavrh pod Šmarno Goro, northeast of Ljubljana, in what was then the Austrian Empi ...
(1847–1927), poet, composer, and mountain enthusiast
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Franjo Jeglič (1856–1935), beekeeper
[Bokal, Ljudmila, ed. 2008. ''Čebelarski terminološki slovar.'' Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU and Lukovica: Čebelarska zveza Slovenije, p. 254.]
References
External links
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Dovje on Geopedia*
Dovje
Populated places in the Municipality of Kranjska Gora
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