Rafolče ( or ; ) is a village in the

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in the eastern part of the

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region of

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Name

Rafolče was attested in written sources in 1332 as ''Rauelsdorf'' (and as ''Raffolstorff'' in 1351, ''Rapholczdorff'' in 1362, and ''Raffelsdorf'' in 1458). Locally, the village is known as ''Rahovče''. The name is originally a plural demonym derived from the

Old High German Old High German (OHG; ) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050. Rather than representing a single supra-regional form of German, Old High German encompasses the numerous ...

name ''Rapholt'' and thus means 'residents of Rapholt's village'.

Church

The local church is dedicated to Saint Catherine.

References

External links

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Rafolče on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Lukovica {{Lukovica-geo-stub