Visoko (; german: Waisach
) is a village in the
Municipality of Šenčur in the
Upper Carniola region of
Slovenia.
Geography
Visoko is a
ribbon village
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along the road from
Kranj
Kranj (, german: Krainburg) is the third-largest city in Slovenia, with a population of 37,941 (2020). It is located approximately northwest of Ljubljana. The centre of the City Municipality of Kranj and of the traditional region of Upper Carniol ...
to
Zgornje Jezersko
Zgornje Jezersko (, literally 'Upper Jezersko'; german: Ober-Seeland) is a settlement and administrative centre of the Municipality of Jezersko in northern Slovenia. It is part of the traditional Slovenian Carinthia region and the Upper Carniola S ...
, with additional road connections to
Cerklje na Gorenjskem,
Šenčur, and
Suha pri Predosljah
Suha pri Predosljah (; german: Sucha''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 56.) is a village north of Kranj in the Upper Carniola region of S ...
. Significant construction of houses along the road to Cerklje na Gorenjskem took place after the Second World War. The
Kokra River flows past the village to the west, where it powered two grain mills and a sawmill in the past.
The highest elevation in the village is at Hrib Hill () southeast of the village center.
Church
The local church is dedicated to
Saint Vitus and was built in 1861 on the site of an earlier church.
Šenčur municipal site
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Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Visoko include:
* Peter Bohinjec (1864–1919), writer
References
External links
*
Visoko on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šenčur
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