Vrbljene (, in older sources also ''Vrbljane'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 114. german: Werblene) 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 ...

south of

Tomišelj Tomišelj (; german: Tomischl''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 114.) is a village in the Municipality of Ig in central Slovenia, on the ...

in the

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in central

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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

Vrbljene was attested in written sources in 1323 as ''Verblach'' (and as ''Werbliach'' in 1385 and ''Warblach'' in 1444). The name is derived from *''Vrbljane'', an accusative plural

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meaning 'people living in the settlement of Vrba', which in turn is derived from the Slovene common noun ''vrba'' '

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'. In the local dialect, the settlement is known as ''Vrbljen''.

History

During excavation for a cellar in the village in 1929, a silver coin with the year 1600 was discovered. The Tekstilka factory was established in Vrbljene in 1961. It produced cotton wool for carpeting.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 439.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Vrbljene include: * Rajko Sedej (a.k.a. Rajmund Srečko)Logar, Ivan. "Sedej Rajko." ''Slovenski biografski leksikon.''
(born 1927), dental prosthetics expert

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