Goreljek

Goreljek
Goreljek
	Goreljek Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 46°19′55.57″N 13°58′29.3″E / 46.3321028°N 13.974806°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Upper Carniola
Municipality	Bohinj
Area
• Total	13.5 km2 (5.2 sq mi)
Elevation	1,257.9 m (4,127.0 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	7
• Density	1/km2 (3/sq mi)

Goreljek (pronounced [ɡɔˈɾeːljək] or [ɡɔˈɾeːljɛk]) is a high-elevation settlement on the Pokljuka Plateau in the Municipality of Bohinj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It has less than ten residents, but there are a large number of holiday homes in Goreljek and its immediate area. The northern part of the settlement's territory extends into the Ore Valley (Slovene: Rudna dolina). The local chapel is dedicated to Saint Anthony the Hermit and was rebuilt in a modern alpine style in 1996.^[2]

History

Goreljek was first attested in written sources as Gorellegk in 1494,^[3]^[4] and it was originally a mountain pasture belonging to the village of Koprivnik v Bohinju.^[4]^[5] During the Second World War, German forces surrounded and destroyed most of the 3rd Battalion of the Partisans' Prešeren Brigade at Goreljek on December 15, 1943.^[6]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ Slovenia tourist organisation site
^ Žiga Zwitter (2013). "Krčenje in agrarna raba gozdov na Gorenjskem v času višinske kolonizacije". In Rogelj, Boštjan; Potočnik Slavič, Irma; Mrak, Irena (eds.). Gorenjska v obdobju glokalizacije. Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani. p. 92.
^ ^a ^b Melik, Anton (1950). Planine v Julijskih alpah. Ljubljana: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti. pp. 79, 90.
^ Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo. 1937. p. 533.
^ Križnar, Ivan (1995). "Pokljuka". Enciklopedija Slovenije. Vol. 9. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. pp. 50–51.

External links

Goreljek at Geopedia
Media related to Goreljek at Wikimedia Commons

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[1] Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia

[2] Slovenia tourist organisation site

[3] Žiga Zwitter (2013). "Krčenje in agrarna raba gozdov na Gorenjskem v času višinske kolonizacije". In Rogelj, Boštjan; Potočnik Slavič, Irma; Mrak, Irena (eds.). Gorenjska v obdobju glokalizacije. Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani. p. 92.

[Melik-4] Melik, Anton (1950). Planine v Julijskih alpah. Ljubljana: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti. pp. 79, 90.

[5] Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo. 1937. p. 533.

[6] Križnar, Ivan (1995). "Pokljuka". Enciklopedija Slovenije. Vol. 9. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. pp. 50–51.

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