Voklo (; german: Hülben''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 58.) is a village in the

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Name

Voklo was attested in written sources in 1238 as ''Hv̊lwe'' (and as ''apud Hvlwin'' in 1238, ''Hulven'' in 1270, and ''Hůlben'' in 1349). The Slovene name is derived from ''(v) Lókvo'' (literally, 'to the watering hole'), thus referring to a local geographical feature. Phonologically, it is the result of a dialect development in which ''l-'' > ''w-'' (''lokev'' >'' wọ́ku'', genitive ''wọ́kwe'') followed by dissimilation of the genitive (''wọ́kwe'' > ''wọ́kle''), creation of the new feminine nominative ''wọ́kla'', and subsequent reanalysis of the accusative ''wọ́klo'' as a neuter nominative. In the local dialect, the name of the village is ''Wọ́ku'' (genitive ''Wọ́kləga''). In the past the German name was ''Hülben''.

Church

The local church is dedicated to

Saint Bartholomew Bartholomew (Aramaic: ; grc, Βαρθολομαῖος, translit=Bartholomaîos; la, Bartholomaeus; arm, Բարթողիմէոս; cop, ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ; he, בר-תולמי, translit=bar-Tôlmay; ar, بَرثُولَماو� ...

and was built in 1862.Šenčur municipal site
/ref> In addition to the altar dedicated to Saint Bartholomew, which was created by Štefan Šubic (1820–1884) and his son Valentin (1859–1927), the church also has a painting of the saint by Štefan Šubic's sons Janez (1850–1889) and

Jurij Jurij is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Jurij Alschitz (born 1947), theatre director, theatre and acting theorist who has lived in Berlin since 1992 *Jurij Brězan (1916–2006), Sorbian writer *Jurij Cherednikov (born 1964), ...

(1855–1890).

References

External links

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Voklo on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Šenčur {{Šenčur-geo-stub