Naklo (;
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 54.]) is the largest town and the seat of the
Municipality of Naklo
The Municipality of Naklo (; ) is one of the municipalities in northwestern Slovenia. Its seat is Naklo. The municipality, established in 1994, lies at an elevation of and has 5,020 residents. It has an area of .
Geography
The Municipality of N ...
in
Slovenia
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. In addition to the main settlement, formerly known as Veliko Naklo
(),
it includes the hamlets of Malo Naklo (),
Pivka (),
and Podreber.
Name
Naklo was first mentioned in written sources in 1241 as ''Nacel'' (and as ''Nakel'' in 1252, ''Nachil'' in 1317, ''Nakal'' in 1320, ''Nackel'' in 1323, and ''Nakel'' in 1328). The name ''Naklo'' appears elsewhere in Slovenia and in other Slavic countries—for example,
Nakło (Poland) and
Náklo
Náklo () is a municipality and village in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants.
Náklo lies approximately north-west of Olomouc and east of Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and ...
(Czech Republic). The name is derived from ''*nakъlo'', a fused form that has lost inflection from the prepositional phrase ''*na kъlě'' 'on a (sandy) spit in a river', thus referring to the location of the settlement. The town was known as ''Naklas'' in German in the past.
History
Naklo was plundered by Ottoman forces in 1475. In June 1809 the town was plundered by French troops. Banditry was a long-term problem in the area, and local bandits took shelter in the nearby
Udin Woods (). Naklo had one of the first running water systems installed in Slovenia, in the 18th century, due to the efforts of Jurij Voglar (1651–1717), who willed his property in order to achieve this goal. During the Second World War, German forces surrounded Naklo with a network of bunkers and wire barriers, and they established a headquarters for an
SS regiment in the town.
Church
The local church is dedicated to Saint Peter. It is a Baroque structure and was renovated after a fire in 1843. The altar painting is by Leopold Layer (1752–1828), and the Stations of the Cross were painted by Janez Wolf (1825–1884).
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Naklo include:
*
Leopold Ješe
Leopold may refer to:
People
* Leopold (given name), including a list of people named Leopold or Léopold
* Leopold (surname)
Fictional characters
* Leopold (''The Simpsons''), Superintendent Chalmers' assistant on ''The Simpsons''
* Leopold B ...
(1886–1958), physician
*
Tomo Križnar
Tomo Križnar (born 26 August 1954) is a peace activist, notable for delivering video cameras in Southern Kordofan to the local ethnic Nuba civilians in order to help them collect the evidence of North Sudan military's war crimes against them. He ...
(born 1954) writer and peace activist
"Tomo Križnar - humanitarni aktivist"
* Jernej Legat (1807–1875), bishop of Trieste
References
External links
*
Naklo on Geopedia
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Populated places in the Municipality of Naklo