Spodnje Gameljne (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 114.) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

on the right bank of the

Sava River The Sava, is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. From its source in Slovenia it flows through Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally reaches Serbia, fee ...

north of the capital

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in central

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. It belongs to the

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. It is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the

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Geography

Spodnje Gameljne is a clustered village along the road from Šmartno to

Črnuče Črnuče (; ) is a former town in the northern part of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It lies on the left bank of the Sava River. It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in ...

and along Gameljščica Creek, which empties into the

southeast of the village. The soil is sandy and there are fields to the southwest, toward the Sava. There is a fish hatchery below the village on the Sava.

Name

The name ''Spodnje Gameljne'' means 'lower Gameljne', distinguishing the settlement from

Zgornje Gameljne Zgornje Gameljne (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 114.) is a settlement north of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It belo ...

'upper Gameljne' and

Srednje Gameljne Srednje Gameljne (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 114.) lies north of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It belongs to the ...

'middle Gameljne'. The settlement was attested in written sources in 1260 as ''Gemlein'' (and as ''Gemleyn'' in 1295, ''Gaͤmelein'' in 1338). The name developed via dialect pronunciation from the older form ''*Gamljine''—also a plural, probably reflecting the fact that there have been three such settlements since at least the mid-15th century. The name is probably based on a form such as ''*Gamľa (vьsь)'' 'Gamъ's (village)', referring to some early inhabitant of the place.

Church

The local

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is dedicated to

Saint Leonard Leonard of Noblac (also Leonard of Limoges or Leonard of Noblet; also known as Lienard, Linhart, Lenart, Leonhard, Léonard, Leonardo, Annard; died 559) is a Frankish saint closely associated with the town and abbey of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, ...

and belongs to the Parish of Šmartno pod Šmarno Goro. It was a 17th-century building that was rebuilt in 1877, although it retains some of its original elements.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2546

References

External links

Spodnje Gameljne on Geopedia
Populated places in the Urban Municipality of Ljubljana Šmarna Gora District {{ljubljana-geo-stub