Slape () is a formerly independent settlement in the eastern part of the capital

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in central

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. It is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the

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Geography

Slape is a dense settlement just above the left bank of the

Ljubljanica River The Ljubljanica (), known in the Middle Ages as the ''Leybach'', is a river in the southern part of the Ljubljana Basin in Slovenia. The capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, lies on the river. The Ljubljanica rises south of the town of Vrhnika and ...

, extending east to

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and neighboring on

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to the north and Studenec to the west. The soil is sandy and shallow, and there is a poplar plantation in the former Sige Meadow along the Ljubljanica. Slape is the site of Old Creek (), which is fed by a large spring of the same name and empties into the Ljubljanica near the Vevče paper mill.

Name

Slape was attested in written sources in 1330 as ''Zlapp'' (and as ''Slap'' in 1402 and ''mul an der Slap'' in 1465). Now a feminine plural noun, it was originally the accusative plural of the masculine noun ''slap'', in the older sense of 'wave', referring to a place where there were rapids or waves on the river. There were three

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s on the Ljubljanica at Slape that were later removed due to construction of the Vevče paper mill.

History

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, created in 1933, was built on land belonging to several landowners from Polje. During the Second World War,

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resistance fighters used the Kusold house as a crossing-point over the Ljubljanica. The site is marked by a memorial. After the Second World War, the population of Slape gradually decreased and there was little new construction because people moved away to be closer to their places of work. A fire station was built in Slape after the war. Slape was annexed by the City of Ljubljana in 1982, ending its existence as an independent settlement.''Spremembe naselij 1948–95''. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.

Church

A church dedicated to Saint James formerly stood in Slape. It was demolished in 1789.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Slape include: *

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(a.k.a. Jaka, 1914–1975), communist,

, and

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References

External links

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Slape on Geopedia
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