Voglje (;
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 58.]) 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
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 ...
region of
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
.
Name
Voglje was attested in written sources in 1247 as ''in villa Winkeler'' (and as ''Winchleren'' in 1313 and ''Winklern'' in 1408). The Slovene name developed from the plural accusative demonym *''Ǫgъľane'', derived from the common noun ''*ǫgъlъ'' (> Sln. ''vogel'') 'corner; upper part of a mountain chain; place where two ridges diverge', and therefore originally refers to the residents of such a location.
Church
The local church is dedicated to
Saint Simon and
Saint Jude
Jude the Apostle (Ancient Greek: Ἰούδας Ἰακώβου translit. Ioúdas Iakóbou Syriac/Aramaic: ܝܗܘܕܐ translit. Yahwada) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. He is generally identified as Tha ...
and was built in 1750 on the site of an earlier church.
Šenčur municipal site
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References
External links
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Voglje on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šenčur
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