Municipality of Dol pri Ljubljani
Dol pri Ljubljani ( German: Lusthal ) is a municipality in the Lower Carniola region of Slovenia.
Location and population
In the overall community consisting of 19 villages and hamlets, 5,172 people live. The main town of Dol pri Ljubljani stands to a height of 339 m. The community is located 12 km northeast of Ljubljana at the confluence of three rivers, the Sava, the Kamniška Bistrica and the ljubljanica.
Districts
- Beričevo, (German: " Förtschach " )
- Brinje, (German: " Seitenhof in Ljubljana " )
- Dol pri Ljubljani, (German: "Lust Thal " )
- Dolsko, (German: " Thalberg in the Upper Carniola " )
- Kamnica, (German: " Steinbach " )
- Klece pri Dolu, (German: " Kletschach " )
- Klopce, (German: " Klobze in the Upper Carniola " )
- Križevska vas, (German: " Kreuzendorf " )
- Laze pri Dolskem, (English: " Saint Agatha in the Krain " )
- Osredke, (German: " Osredke " )
- Petelinje, (German: "godfather village in Lower Carniola " )
- Podgora pri Dolskem, (German: " Unterberg Thalberg " )
- Senožeti, (German: " Grafenweg " )
- Videm, (German: " Widmann village" )
- Vinje, (German: "Wine Thal bei Thalberg " )
- Vrh pri Dolskem, (German: "Mountain Thalberg " )
- Zaboršt pri Dolu, (German: "Among forest")
- Zagorica pri Dolskem, (German: " Sagoritz in the Upper Carniola " )
- Zajelše (German: " Sajeusche in Krain " )
History
Dol pri Ljubljani lay on the Roman road from Vrhnika to Celje. The convenient location on the rivers allowed there a port for sailors and rafters. The main industry but was the braiding of straw and the straw hat production.
Personality
- Jurij Vega, mathematician (* 1754 born in the district Zagoriza † 1802)