Kamnik pod Krimom (; german: Stein''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 118.) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in the

Municipality of Brezovica The Municipality of Brezovica ( sl, Občina Brezovica) is a municipality in central Slovenia, just south of its capital Ljubljana. It has approximately 9,300 inhabitants. Its administrative centre is the settlement of Brezovica pri Ljubljani. It ...

in central

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. It lies on the edge of the

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lands south of the capital

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. The municipality is part of the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.

Name

Kamnik was attested in 1143 as ''Stein'' (and as ''Stain'' in 1147 and ''Steine'' in 1205). The Slovene name was originally ''*Kam(en)ьnikъ'', derived from the adjective form of the noun ''*kamy'' (accusative ''*kamenь'') 'stone', referring to rocky terrain. The name of the settlement was changed from ''Kamnik'' to ''Kamnik pod Krimom'' (literally, 'Kamnik below

Mount Krim Mount Krim () is a 1,107-meter-high mountain on the southern edge of the Ljubljana Marsh in Slovenia. Due to its location and shape, it is one of the most recognizable features of the Ljubljana Basin and it is visited each year by thousands of hike ...

') in 1953.

Church

The local

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, built in the centre of the village, is dedicated to Saint Florian and belongs to the

Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

of Preserje. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1526, and was restyled in the 18th century.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2180

References

External links

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Kamnik pod Krimom on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Brezovica {{Brezovica-geo-stub