Bevke () is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

northeast of

Vrhnika Vrhnika (; german: Oberlaibach;''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 120. la, Nauportus) is a town in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Mun ...

in the

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region of

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Name

Bevke was attested in written records in 1391 as ''zu Bewkch''. The name is likely originally an accusative plural form of a masculine personal name, preserved today in the surname ''Bevk''. However, derivation from the Slavic personal name ''*Bělъkъ'' (originally an epithet for someone with light skin) is problematic because the change ''-lk-'' > ''-vk-'' did not occur until the 16th century.

History

In 1782 Bevke had no more than 24 houses. New houses were built as the surrounding marshland gradually dried out. By 1937, the population had grown to 400 people living in 80 houses. This increased to 656 people in 1995, and over 1,000 in 2012.''Učna pot Bevke: Pokopališče Bevke.'' Information sign posted at the village cemetery.

Church

The

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...

in the settlement is dedicated to the

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and belongs to the Ljubljana Archdiocese.Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal website
/ref> The church was recorded as a chapel of ease associated with the parish of Vrhnika in 1689. The village cemetery formerly surrounded the church, but it was discontinued at that location in 1859 and a new cemetery was established to the south in the hamlet of Za Ježe. The cemetery was expanded and a new funeral chapel was built in 1994.

References

External links

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Bevke on Geopedia
* Populated places in the Municipality of Vrhnika {{Vrhnika-geo-stub