Brezovica pri Ljubljani


Brezovica pri Ljubljani is a settlement in the Municipality of Brezovica in central Slovenia. It is the administrative center of the municipality. The municipality is part of the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.

Geography

Brezovica pri Ljubljani includes the hamlets of Bičevje along the road to Podpeč, Komarija along the former railroad to Vrhnika, Postaja along the road to the railroad station, Mala Vas along the old main road, and Radna in the valley of Radna Creek. The southern part of the settlement includes the Curnovec drainage canal, an early attempt to drain part of the local marshland. The canal was dug between 1762 and 1769 and is named after the tobacco magnate Franz Zorn von Mildenheim, who directed the work.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Brezovica to Brezovica pri Ljubljani in 1953. In the past the German name was Bresowitz.

Language

The parish church in Brezovica pri Ljubljani is dedicated to Saint Anthony the Great. A church at the site was first mentioned in written sources in 1526. The current building dates from the second half of the 19th century and is a single-nave structure with a bell tower on the west side. The furnishings are also from the 19th century. The stonework was executed by Ivan Potrebuješ in 1865, and the paintings by Ivan Šubic in 1870 and Simon Ogrin in 1887. The clock on the bell tower is the work of Janez Pogačnik.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Brezovica pri Ljubljani include: