Spodnji Brnik
Place in Upper Carniola, Slovenia
46°13′50.94″N 14°29′18.28″E / 46.2308167°N 14.4884111°E / 46.2308167; 14.4884111
Slovenia (2020)
Spodnji Brnik (pronounced [ˈspoːdnji ˈbərːnik]; in older sources also Spodnji Bernik,[2] German: Unterfernig[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
Spodnji Brnik is also the closest settlement to Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport, commonly known as Brnik Airport.
Church
The local church is dedicated to Saints Simon and Jude and was first mentioned in documents from 1511, when it was extended and dedicated, its predecessor on the site probably dating to the early Middle Ages.[3]
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Spodnji Brnik include:
- Lojze Ilija (1905–1982), writer[4]
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ a b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 52.
- ^ Cerklje municipal site Archived 2008-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Žitnik, Janja; Glušič, Helga (1999). Slovenska izseljenska književnost 3: Južna Amerika. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU. p. 97.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spodnji Brnik.
- Spodnji Brnik on Geopedia
- v
- t
- e
Administrative seat: Cerklje na Gorenjskem
- Adergas
- Ambrož pod Krvavcem
- Apno
- Cerkljanska Dobrava
- Češnjevek
- Dvorje
- Glinje
- Grad
- Lahovče
- Poženik
- Praprotna Polica
- Pšata
- Pšenična Polica
- Ravne
- Šenturška Gora
- Sidraž
- Šmartno
- Spodnji Brnik
- Štefanja Gora
- Stiška Vas
- Sveti Lenart
- Trata pri Velesovem
- Vašca
- Velesovo
- Viševca
- Vopovlje
- Vrhovje
- Zalog pri Cerkljah
- Zgornji Brnik
- Ignacij Borštnik
- Davorin Jenko
 | This article about the Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem in Slovenia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
