Vinharje () is a settlement in the hills south of

Poljane nad Škofjo Loko Poljane nad Škofjo Loko (; german: Pölland''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 60.) is a settlement in the Poljane Sora Valley in the Mun ...

in the Municipality of Gorenja Vas–Poljane in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Name

Vinharje was attested in historical sources in 1291 as ''aput Indicherios'', in 1318 as ''aput Inticherios'', in 1453 as ''Indichern'', and in 1500 as ''Inticharen''. The name is a fused prepositional phrase, from ''v'' 'in' + ''Inharje''. The name is derived from German ''Innicher'' 'person from

Innichen Innichen (; it, San Candido , lld, Sanciana) is a municipality in South Tyrol in northern Italy. It is located in the Puster Valley on the Drava River, about northeast of Bolzano, on Italy's border with Austria. It hosts Italy’s International ...

', borrowed into Slovene as ''*Inihar'' (contracted to ''*Inhar'') and referring to colonists from South Tyrol that settled the area.

History

Vinharje was settled by arrivals from Innichen in the Middle Ages. During the Second World War, the Partisans had a safe house at the Muha farm in the northeastern part of the village. The Don underground printing press was operated by the Partisans at the Muha hay meadow. The safe house was attacked by German forces on January 21, 1942, and the Germans burned the farmhouse and removed the family from the farm. The Partisans also had a bunker in the Jablanovec Gorge north of the Muha farm where, among others, the communist political commissar Maks Krmelj (1910–2004) sheltered.

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External links

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Vinharje on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Gorenja vas-Poljane {{GorenjavasPoljane-geo-stub