Mengeš

Mengeš
Town
From top, left to right: Overview of Mengeš, Archangel Michael Church, Former Melodija factory, St. Mary Column, Bell Tower, Park and the Castle
Flag Coat of arms
Mengeš Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°9′45.30″N 14°34′4.91″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Central Slovenia
Municipality	Mengeš
Area
• Total	13.3 km^2 (5.1 sq mi)
Elevation	315.9 m (1,036.4 ft)
Population  (2012)
• Total	6,119
[1]

Mengeš (pronounced [ˈmeːŋɡəʃ] ^ⓘ; German: Mannsburg^[2]) is a town in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Mengeš. It is located approximately fifteen kilometers from the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana. It includes the hamlets of Zavrti, Veliki Mengeš (German: Großmannsburg^[2]), Mali Mengeš (German: Kleinmannsburg^[2]), and Pristava.^[3]

Name

Mengeš was first attested in written sources in 1154–56 as Meingosburg (and as Mengospurch in 1214–20, Mengozesburc in 1226, and Meingospurch in 1243). The Slovene name is a clipped form of Middle High German Meingos(purch), which is a compound of Meingoz (a personal name) + purch 'castle', thus meaning 'castle belonging to Meingoz'.^[4] In the past the German name was Mannsburg.^[2]

Church

View from south

Church interior

Archangel Michael Church

The parish church in the town is dedicated to Archangel Michael.^[5]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Mengeš include:

• Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein (1703–1774), astronomer, mathematician
• Janez Trdina (1830–1905) writer, historian
• Jurij Andrej Gallenfels (1651–1699), Renaissance humanist^[3]
• Ignac Holzapfel (1799–1868), poet^[3]
• Anton Koblar (1854–1928), historian^[3]
• Franc Lah (1816–1890), sculptor^[3]
• Lovro Letnar (1855–1913), schoolmaster^[3]
• Anton Mrkun (1876–1961), priest and historian^[3]
• Franc Ropret (1878–1952), sculptor^[3]
• Miha Stare (1790–1872), businessman^[3]

  Historical population

  Year	Pop.	±%
  1948	2,115	—
  1953	2,242	+6.0%
  1961	2,766	+23.4%
  1971	3,240	+17.1%
  1981	4,193	+29.4%
  1991	5,200	+24.0%
  2002	5,557	+6.9%
  2011	6,112	+10.0%
  2021	7,010	+14.7%
  Population size may be affected by changes in administrative divisions.

Gallery

• 
  Park with castle on the right

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 28.
3. Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. pp. 94–96.
4. Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 259.
5. Mengeš municipal site Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Media related to Mengeš at Wikimedia Commons
• Mengeš on Geopedia