Luže (; )
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 56.] is a village in the
Municipality of Šenčur
The Municipality of Šenčur (; ) is a municipality in Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the settlement of Šenčur. The municipality was established in its current form on 3 October 1994, when the former larger Municipality of Kranj wa ...
in the
Upper Carniola
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region of
Slovenia
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.
Name
Luže was first attested in written sources in 1154 as ''Lusse'' (and as ''Lausach'' in 1238). The name is shortened from the
demonym
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*''Lužane'', literally 'people living near a pond', derived from the Slovene common noun *''luža'' 'pond, puddle'.
In the past the German name was ''Lausach''.
Church
The church in the village is dedicated to
John the Baptist
John the Baptist ( – ) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist ...
. It is a
gothic single-
aisle
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church that was rebuilt in the early 19th century. Its
belfry
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was originally separate from the nave, but with expansion during rebuilding it became part of the church structure. The main
altar
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dates to 1886.
Šenčur municipal site
/ref> The church contains a Baroque altar dating to 1691 and a painting by Jurij Šubic (1855–1890).
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Luže include:
* John Zaplotnik (a.k.a. Janez Leon Zaplotnik, 1883–1978), priest, journalist, and biographer
References
External links
Luže on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šenčur
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