Tomišelj

Tomišelj
Tomišelj Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°57′49.77″N 14°28′51.35″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Inner Carniola
Statistical region	Central Slovenia
Municipality	Ig
Area
• Total	6.89 km^2 (2.66 sq mi)
Elevation	301.2 m (988.2 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	297
[1]

Tomišelj (pronounced [tɔˈmiːʃəl]; German: Tomischl^[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Ig in central Slovenia, on the edge of the marshland south of the capital Ljubljana. The municipality is part of the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.^[3]

Name

Tomišelj was attested in written records in 1397 and 1436 as Domischel (and as Thomuschl in 1415 and Tomischel in 1468).^[4][5] The name was nominalized from an adjective form of a hypocorism, which would have been *Tomisel, and the name therefore means 'Tomisel's village'.^[5] In the past the German name was Tomischl.^[2]

Church

Our Lady of the Rosary Church

The local parish church is dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It was built by Gregor Maček Sr.,^[6] at the initiative of Mihael Omersa [sl] from 1720 until 1724 on the site of a small predecessor church, where the oldest votive deposit dated to 1519 according to an old urbarium.^[7]

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. 114.
3. Ig municipal site
4. "Slovenska historična topografija". Retrieved February 4, 2020.
5. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 431.
6. MS. "Gregor Maček st". Leksikon.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 11 June 2015.
7. Knific, Josip (1908). "Božjepotna cerkev Marije rožnovenske v Tomišlju" [The Pilgrimage Church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Tomišelj]. Bogoljub: cerkveni list za Slovence: letno kazalo (in Slovenian). 6. Katoliška bukvarna: 304–306. ISSN 1318-7457. COBISS 4674819.

External links

• Media related to Tomišelj at Wikimedia Commons
• Tomišelj on Geopedia
• Tomišelj Volunteer Fire Department (in Slovene)
• Tomišelj Cemetery