Vrhpolje pri Kamniku (; german: Oberfeld
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 28.]) is a settlement in the
Municipality of Kamnik
The Municipality of Kamnik (; sl, Občina Kamnik) is a municipality in northern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Kamnik. Today it is part of the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. It is the 15th-largest municipality by area ...
in the
Upper Carniola region of
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
. Urban expansion has turned it into a single continuous settlement with the neighbouring settlement of
Nevlje. The main road from Kamnik into the
Tuhinj Valley runs through Vrhpolje.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Vrhpolje'' to ''Vrhpolje pri Kamniku'' in 1955.
[''Spremembe naselij 1948–95''. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.] In the past the German name was ''Oberfeld''.
Gallery
File:Postcard of Vrhpolje pri Kamniku.jpg, Historical postcard of Vrhpolje pri Kamniku
References
External links
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Vrhpolje pri Kamniku on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Kamnik
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