Spodnji Kašelj (; in older sources also ''Dolenji Kašelj'',
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 106.] german: Unterkaschel
) is a formerly independent settlement in the eastern part of the capital
Ljubljana in central
Slovenia. It is a compact settlement above the left bank of the Ljubljanica River between
Zgornji Kašelj and
Zalog.
It is part of the traditional region of
Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the
Central Slovenia Statistical Region.
Geography
Kašelj Hill ( sl, Kašeljski grič) rises east of the settlement, across the Ljubljanica River. Below the hill to the north, Spodnji Kašel extends to Cold Valley (), so called because the winter snow lies there late into the spring. The soil in Spodnji Kašel is sandy and there are fields to the west.
Name
Spodnji Kašelj was mentioned in written sources together with neighboring Zgornji Kašelj in 1360 as ''Niederchaeschel'' and ''Kaeschel'' (and as ''Geschel'' in 1421, ''(Ober) Kassel'' in 1436, and ''Kaschell'' in 1496). The name is derived from German ''Kassel'' and it is likely that the German name is derived from Latin ''castellum'' 'castle', referring to one or both castles on Kašelj Hill east of the settlement. However, it is also possible that the name is derived from Latin ''casale'' 'peasant house, peasant settlement'. In the past the German name was ''Unterkaschel''.
History
On the western slope of Kašelj Hill there is an abandoned quarry. Tradition states that the last French soldier from the short-lived
Illyrian Provinces
The Illyrian Provinces sl, Ilirske province hr, Ilirske provincije sr, Илирске провинције it, Province illirichegerman: Illyrische Provinzen, group=note were an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province of France d ...
was executed there. In Cold Valley there is a plaque next to an old bunker commemorating four
Partisans that were killed by
Anti-Communist Volunteer Militia forces on 16 April 1943.
Spodnji Kašelj was annexed by the City of Ljubljana in 1982, ending its existence as an independent settlement.
[''Spremembe naselij 1948–95''. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.]
References
External links
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Spodnji Kašelj on Geopedia
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Localities of Ljubljana
Polje District