Kamnjek (; german: Kamnik
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 54.]) is a former settlement in the Municipality of
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 ...
in the
Upper Carniola region of
Slovenia
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. It now a hamlet of the village of
Letenice
Letenice () is a small village north of Kranj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia
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.
It lies west of the village center of Letenice, in a small damp valley on a road leading into the east side of the
Udin Woods
The Udin Woods ( sl, Udin boršt, in older sources ''Udnjiboršt'', german: Herzogsforst) is one of the oldest glacial terraces in the Ljubljana Basin. It is a contiguous wooded area clearly delineated from its surroundings. The woods is dominated ...
( sl, Udin boršt).
Name
Like similar names (e.g., ''
Kamnik
Kamnik (; german: Stein''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 26–27. or ''Stein in Oberkrain'') is a town in northern Slovenia. It is t ...
'', ''
Kamenik'', ''
Kamnje'', ''
Kamno'', etc.), the name ''Kamnjek'' is ultimately derived from the Slavic common noun ''*kamy'' (
accusative
The accusative case (abbreviated ) of a noun is the grammatical case used to mark the direct object of a transitive verb.
In the English language, the only words that occur in the accusative case are pronouns: 'me,' 'him,' 'her,' 'us,' and ‘the ...
: ''*kamenь'') 'stone', referring to the local geography. In the past the German name was ''Kamnik''.
History
Kamnjek was merged with the village of Letenice in 1953, ending its existence as a separate settlement.
[''Razširjeni seznam sprememb naselij od 1948 do 1964: preimenovanja, združevanja, odcepitve, pristavki, razglasitve in ukinitve''. 1965. Ljubljana: Zavod SR Slovenije za statistiko, p. 45.]
References
External links
Kamnjek on Geopedia
Populated places in the City Municipality of Kranj
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