Borje pri Mlinšah () is a settlement west of

Izlake Izlake (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 94.) is a settlement in the Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi in the Central Sava Valley, cen ...

in the

Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi The Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi (; ) is a municipality in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Zagorje ob Savi. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. The entire municipality is now included in ...

in central

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

Upper Carniola Upper Carniola ( ; ; ) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The largest town in the region is Kranj, and other urban centers include Kamnik, Jesenice, Jesenice, Jesenice, Domžale and ...

. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the

Central Sava Statistical Region The Central Sava Statistical RegionBoršič, Darja, & Alenka Kavkler. 2009. Modeling Unemployment Duration in Slovenia Using Cox Regression Models. ''Transition Studies Review'' 54(1): 145–156, p. 148. () is a statistical region in Slovenia. T ...

. The settlement includes the hamlet of Zgornje Vrtače (in older sources also ''Gorenje Vrtače'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 93. ).

Name

Borje pri Mlinšah was attested in written sources as ''Bore'' and ''Woͤry'' in 1360, and as ''Worie'' in 1478. The name of the settlement was changed from ''Borje'' to ''Borje pri Mlinšah'' in 1955. The name ''Borje'' is derived from the Slovene common noun ''borje'' 'pine forest' (< ''bor'' 'pine'), referring to the local vegetation.

Church

The local

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is dedicated to Saint James () and belongs to the

Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...

of Kolovrat. It dates to the 16th century and was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1523.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 1898

References

External links

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Borje pri Mlinšah on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi {{ZagorjeobSavi-geo-stub