Janče (; in older sources and locally also ''Jančje'',''Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine''. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 325.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 361–362. german: Jantschberg''Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung'', no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 33.''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 96.) is a dispersed settlement in the hills south of the

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east of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.

Name

Janče was first attested in written sources as ''Iance'' in 1581. The name is derived from the personal name ''Jan'', from Middle High German ''Johann'' 'John'. The morphology of the

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''Jančar'' indicates that the settlement likely originally had a longer name, such as ''Janče selo/brdo/polje'' (literally, 'John's village/hill/field'). The settlement is known as ''Jančje'' in the local dialect and was called ''Jantschberg'' in German in the past.

History

There is evidence that the Janče area was already settled in prehistoric times. Janče had a prominent role during the 19th-century Slovene national revival. On 23 May 1869, the villagers attacked a demonstration in the village by the ethnic German gymnastics club from Ljubljana (german: Turnverein). The villagers seized the club's banner and beat the participants, who fled to the paper factory in

Vevče Vevče (; in older sources also ''Velče'Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 106–107.) is a formerly independent settlement in the ea ...

to take refuge. In response, the Austro-Hungarian authorities sent troops to the village to pacify the residents. Several farmers were imprisoned, and Jakob Rode was killed in the conflict. During the Second World War, the

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commander of the Štična Company, Jože Kovačič (1916–1942), was killed near the village in an engagement with German forces. Kovačič was later proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia. A hiking lodge was built in 1959 in the middle of the village, with a memorial plaque dedicated to

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s of the 2nd group of detachments that fell in the Battle of Janče in May 1942.

Church

The local parish church is dedicated to

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and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It was a 17th-century chapel to which a nave was added in the early 18th century and a belfry in 1830. A chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes was built next to the church in 1897, after the

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, which had its epicenter in the village. The church originally belonged to the proto-parish of

Šmartno pri Litiji Šmartno pri Litiji (; german: Sankt Martin)''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 94–95. is a town in the Litija Basin in central Sloven ...

, and was then part of the Parish of

Prežganje Prežganje () is a settlement in the hills east of Ljubljana in Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Ce ...

. A vicariate was established in Janče in 1787, and it became a parish in 1805.

Other cultural heritage

Southwest of the village there is a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary. It has a square floor plan, arched windows on the sides, and a stone door frame with a holy water font. It was built in 1897, after the earthquake of 1895.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 18816

References

External links

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Janče on Geopedia
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