Želimlje

Želimlje

Aerial view of Želimlje
Želimlje

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°55′0.07″N 14°34′13.62″E / 45.9166861°N 14.5704500°ECoordinates: 45°55′0.07″N 14°34′13.62″E / 45.9166861°N 14.5704500°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Central Slovenia
Municipality Škofljica
Area
 • Total 7.45 km2 (2.88 sq mi)
Elevation 335.7 m (1,101.4 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 358
[1]

Želimlje (pronounced [ʒɛˈliːmljɛ]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Škofljica in central Slovenia. The municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[2]

Name

Želimlje was attested in written sources in 1300 as Schelein (and as Salein in 1318 and 1326, Zelein in 1321, and Seleym in 1436). The name is originally a possessive adjective, shortened from *Želimľe (selo) (literally, 'Želimъ's village'). Today the name is declined either as a neuter singular adjective (Želímlje -ega) or as a feminine plural noun (Želímlje -melj). The originally neuter singular adjective was reanalyzed as an accusative plural, and then as a feminine nominative plural. The personal name Želimъ is a hypocorism from a name such as *Želimirъ, preserved today in the Slovene name Željko.[3]

Church

The local parish church is dedicated to Saint Vitus and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It was built between 1882 and 1884.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Škofljica municipal site
  3. ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 488.
  4. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2718

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