Selo (Ljubljana)

Selo (pronounced [ˈsɛːlɔ]) is a formerly independent settlement in the east-central part of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[2]

Selo
Selo is located in Slovenia
Selo
Selo
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°3′23″N 14°32′10″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityLjubljana
Elevation
[1]
289 m (948 ft)

Geography

Selo stands on the left bank of the Ljubljanica River on a slight bend just west of the mouth of the Gruber Canal,[3] at the site of the former sharp bend where the river's course was straightened in 1835.[4]

Name

In older sources, the village was referred to as Sello an der Fabri(c)k[5][6] (literally, 'Selo by the factory'), referring to a cloth factory established opposite Selo Mansion in the first half of the 18th century.[3] The name Selo is common in Slovenia and is derived from the common noun selo 'settlement, village'.[7]

History

Selo was attested as a village in the 14th century.[3] Selo Mansion was built in Selo in 1760 and initially served as a Jesuit College retreat from Trieste.[3] Together with the entire former Municipality of Moste, Selo was annexed by Ljubljana in 1935, ending its existence as a separate settlement.[3][8]

Selo had a population of a population of 149 (in 13 houses) in 1880,[9] 253 (in 17 houses) in 1900,[10] and 2,108 (in 102 houses) in 1931.[1]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Selo include:

  • Andreas Meschutar (1791–1865), priest and administrative official[11][12]

References
  1. Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo. 1937. p. 375.
  2. Ljubljana municipal site
  3. Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. pp. 337–338.
  4. Korošec, Branko (1992). "Ljubljanica". Enciklopedija Slovenije. Vol. 6. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. p. 251.
  5. Franziszeischer Kataster. Vienna. 1818–28. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  6. Raffelsperger, Franz (1848). Allgemeines geographisch-statistisches Lexikon aller Österreichischen Staaten. Vienna: k.k. a. p. typo-geographischen Kunstanstalt. p. 930.
  7. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. pp. 371–372.
  8. "Rojstvo velike Ljubljane". Kronika Slovenskih Mest (in Slovenian). 2 (3): 244–245. 1935.
  9. Special-Orts-Repertorium von Krain. Vienna: Alfred Hölder. 1884. p. 61.
  10. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 110.
  11. "Mešutar, Andrej (1791–1865)". Slovenska biografija. Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  12. Klein, Anton (1842). Geschichte des Christenthums in Oesterreich und Steiermark. Vienna: Verein zur Verbreitung Guter Katholischer Bücher. p. 183.
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