Želeče (, formerly ''Bled–Želeče'';
) is a former settlement in the
Municipality of Bled
The Municipality of Bled (; ) is a municipality in northwestern Slovenia in the Upper Carniola region. The seat of the municipality is the town of Bled, located on the shores of Lake Bled. The area is a popular Resort town, tourist destination.
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in northwestern
Slovenia
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. It is now part of the town of
Bled
Bled (; ,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146. in older sources also ''Feldes'') is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper Carniolan regio ...
.
The area is part of the traditional region of
Upper Carniola
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and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the
Upper Carniola Statistical Region
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.
Geography
Želeče lies in the southern part of Bled, above the southeastern shore of
Lake Bled
Lake Bled () is a lake in the Julian Alps of the Upper Carniolan region of northwestern Slovenia, where it adjoins the town of Bled. The area is a tourist destination. The lake is from Ljubljana International Airport and from the capital ci ...
. It is located southwest of the former village of
Zagorice.
There is a cable lift from the southern part of Želeče to Straža Hill (elevation: ).
Name
Želeče was attested in written sources as ''Zilecca'' between 1070 and 1090, ''Schalchendorf'' in 1253, ''Zelleczach'' in 1366, and ''Ze Lëtschach'' in 1380, among other spellings. After the Second World War, it was also known as ''Bled–Želeče''.
History
Želeče had a population of 84 living in 21 houses in 1869,
99 in 30 houses in 1880,
116 in 31 houses in 1890,
149 in 50 houses in 1900,
and 253 in 70 houses in 1931.
Želeče was merged with other villages to create the town of Bled in 1960, ending its existence as a separate settlement.
By the late 1960s, extensive vacation housing had been built in the Dindol Valley southeast of Želeče.
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Želeče include the following:
* (1735–1800), physician
References
External links
*
Želeče on Geopedia
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Populated places in the Municipality of Bled
Former settlements in Slovenia