Dupeljne () is a small settlement in the hills north of
Lukovica pri Domžalah
Lukovica pri Domžalah (; german: Lukowitz''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 20.) is a settlement in the Municipality of Lukovica in the ...
in the eastern part of the
Upper Carniola region of
Slovenia
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.
Name
Dupeljne was first attested in written sources in 1348 as ''Tewpplach'' (and in 1353 as ''zu dem Dupelnik''). The old transcriptions are based on a
locative
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plural form, probably based on the plural
demonym
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''*Dupljane''. The name is derived from the Slovene common noun ''dupel'' 'hollow', referring to a local geographical feature.
History
Dupeljne was mentioned in
Johann Weikhard von Valvasor's 17th-century work ''
The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola.'' He described the local people as speaking a slow dialect and being deliberate thinkers. During the Second World War, locals from Dupeljne helped care for wounded
Partisan
Partisan may refer to:
Military
* Partisan (weapon), a pole weapon
* Partisan (military), paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line
Films
* ''Partisan'' (film), a 2015 Australian film
* ''Hell River'', a 1974 Yugoslavian film also know ...
soldiers and supplied the Partisans' Triglav Hospital (a.k.a. Luk Hospital, sl, Lukova bolnica) near
Kolovec
Kolovec (; german: Gerlachstein''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 23.) is a settlement northeast of Domžale in the Upper Carniola region ...
. On 13 December 1942, German forces attacked a detachment of Partisans from Kamnik between Kolovec and Dupeljne, who then withdrew to Dupeljne.
[Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 85.]
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Dupeljne include:
*
Jakob Grčar (1889–1966), journalist and singer
References
External links
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Dupeljne on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Lukovica
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