Dol pri Ljubljani (; german: Lusttal''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 18.) is a settlement in central

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. It is the seat of the

Municipality of Dol pri Ljubljani The Municipality of Dol pri Ljubljani (; sl, Občina Dol pri Ljubljani) is a municipality in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the settlement of Dol pri Ljubljani. It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is no ...

. It is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included in the

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Geography

Dol pri Ljubljani is a ribbon village along the old road from Šentjakob ob Savi to Litija. It lies north of the confluence of the

Kamnik Bistrica The Kamnik Bistrica ( sl, Kamniška Bistrica, ) is an Alpine river in northern Slovenia, a left tributary of the Sava River. It springs from the Kamnik Alps (part of the Southern Limestone Alps) near the border with Austria. It is long. The Kamni ...

with the

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on a gravelly terrace. Below the terrace the land slopes downwards to swampy meadows with springs, the largest of which is Manor Spring ( sl, Graščinski studenec). The area directly along the Sava is drier. Mlinščica Creek, a tributary of the Kamnik Bistrica, flows past the southern outskirts of the village.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 350.

Name

Dol pri Ljubljani (literally, 'Dol near Ljubljana') was attested in written sources in 1263 as ''im Tal'' and in 1358 as ''in dem Lustal''. The name is derived from the Slovene common noun ''dol'' 'small valley', referring to the physical characteristics of the place.

Dol Mansion

The ruins of Dol Mansion ( sl, dvorec Dol, german: Lustthal) stand in the southeast part of the settlement. The mansion was built in 1540 by Alexander Gallenberg after he abandoned Osterberg Castle above Podgrad. The mansion was later purchased by the Rasp family, and then by Johann Daniel Erberg from Kočevje. Under a later owner, Josef Kalasanz von Erberg, the mansion was turned into a museum of natural history, technology, art, and literary history in 1808, to which a valuable library and archive were added in 1810, creating the most extensive private collection in Carniola. A botanical garden was set up around the mansion with thousands of different species, and the watercourses around it were regulated. After the death of the last member of the Erberg family, the mansion passed through various hands, and was purchased by Fran Povše in 1882. The Partisans burned the mansion in 1944.

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 Dol pri Ljubljani is dedicated to Saint Margaret ( sl, sveta Marjeta) and belongs to the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ljubljana ( sl, Nadškofija Ljubljana, la, Archidioecesis Labacensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Slovenia.Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...

church that was restyled in the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including ...

in the 18th century.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 1776

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Dol pri Ljubljani include: *Anton Erberg (1695–1746), religious writer *Johann Benjamin Erberg (1699–1759), astronomer *Andrej Fleischmann (1805–1867), botanist * Josef Kalasanz von Erberg (1771–1843), botanist, cultural historian, collector * Josip Klemenc (1898–1967), archaeologist * (1898–1985), politician *Valentin Majar (1851–1938), religious writer * (1914–2006), translator''Občina Dol pri Ljubljani''. Signboard in Kamnica, Dol pri Ljubljani.

References

External links

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Dol pri Ljubljani on Geopedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dol Pri Ljubljani Populated places in the Municipality of Dol pri Ljubljani