Janče | |
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  Janče Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates:46°3′8.83″N14°42′39.27″E / 46.0524528°N 14.7109083°E /46.0524528; 14.7109083 | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Lower Carniola |
| Statistical region | Central Slovenia |
| Municipality | Ljubljana |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.87 km2 (3.81 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 784 m (2,572 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 28 |
| Postal code | 1000 |
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Janče (pronounced[ˈjaːntʃɛ]; in older sources and locally alsoJančje,[2][3]German:Jantschberg[4][5]) is adispersed settlement in the hills south of theSava River east of the capitalLjubljana in centralSlovenia. It belongs to theCity Municipality of Ljubljana. It is part of the traditional region ofLower Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in theCentral Slovenia Statistical Region.[6]
Janče was first attested in written sources asIance in 1581. The name is derived from the personal nameJan, fromMiddle High GermanJohann 'John'. The morphology of thedemonymJančar indicates that the settlement likely originally had a longer name, such asJanče selo/brdo/polje (literally, 'John's village/hill/field').[7] The settlement is known asJančje in the local dialect[3] and was calledJantschberg in German in the past.[4][5]
There is evidence that the Janče area was already settled in prehistoric times.[2]
Janče had a prominent role during the 19th-century Slovene national revival. On 23 May 1869, the villagers attacked a demonstration in the village by the ethnic German gymnastics club from Ljubljana (German:Turnverein). The villagers seized the club's banner and beat the participants, who fled to the paper factory inVevče to take refuge. In response, the Austro-Hungarian authorities sent troops to the village to pacify the residents. Several farmers were imprisoned, and Jakob Rode was killed in the conflict.[2][3]
During the Second World War, thePartisan commander of the Štična Company,Jože Kovačič (1916–1942), was killed near the village in an engagement with German forces. Kovačič was later proclaimed aPeople's Hero of Yugoslavia.[3]
A hiking lodge was built in 1959 in the middle of the village, with a memorial plaque dedicated toSlovene Partisans of the 2nd group of detachments that fell in theBattle of Janče in May 1942.[3][8]
The localparish church is dedicated toSaint Nicholas and belongs to theRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It was a 17th-centurychapel to which anave was added in the early 18th century and abelfry in 1830.[9] A chapel dedicated toOur Lady of Lourdes was built next to the church in 1897,[10] after the1895 Ljubljana earthquake, which had itsepicenter in the village.[8] The church originally belonged to the proto-parish ofŠmartno pri Litiji, and was then part of the Parish ofPrežganje. Avicariate was established in Janče in 1787, and it became a parish in 1805.[2]
Southwest of the village there is a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary. It has a square floor plan, arched windows on the sides, and a stone door frame with aholy water font. It was built in 1897, after theearthquake of 1895.[11]
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