Komenda (Slovenia)

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Komenda
Komenda coat of arms Map of Slovenia, position of Komenda highlighted
Basic data
Country SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
Historic region Upper Carniola / Gorenjska
Statistical region Osrednjeslovenska (Central Slovenia)
Coordinates 46 ° 12 '  N , 14 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 12 '26 "  N , 14 ° 32' 21"  E
height 347  m. i. J.
surface 24.1  km²
Residents 5,607 (2011)
Population density 233 inhabitants per km²
License Plate LJ
Structure and administration
Mayor : Stanislav Poglajen
Website

Komenda (German: "Coming Saint Peter") is a municipality with almost 6000 inhabitants in the center of Slovenia 5 km west of Kamnik and 25 km north of Ljubljana in Gorenjska (Upper Carniola). In the place Komenda live 897 inhabitants (2012), the largest settlements are Komenda and Moste.

administration

The Komenda municipality includes 14 settlements:

  • Breg pri Komendi, (German: "Bregg")
  • Gmajnica, (German: "Maschnitz")
  • Gora pri Komendi, (German: "mountain")
  • Klanec, (German: "Klanz")
  • Komenda, (German: "Coming Saint Peter")
  • Komendska Dobrava, (German: "Amhart")
  • Križ, (German: "Kreutz")
  • Mlaka, (German: "Lackh")
  • Moste, (German: "Moste")
  • Nasovče, (German: "Nassowitsch")
  • Podboršt pri Komendi, (German: "Podforst")
  • Potok pri Komendi, (German: "Bach")
  • Suhadole, (German: "Suchadolle")
  • Žeje pri Komendi, (German: "Schallenberg")

The center of the municipality of Komenda is the village of Komenda with the parish church of St. Peter.

history

The parish church of St. Peter was first mentioned in a document in 1147 (Sv. Peter v gozdu / St. Peter im Walde). At the end of the 13th century, the Order of Malta was established (Commenda St. Peter). The village was u. a. known because of Corpus Christi processions with horses (see Johann Weichard von Valvasor : Die Ehre des Hertzogthums Crain ). The Maltese have promoted horse breeding in Komenda and the surrounding area. This tradition has been preserved to this day (hippodrome, horse racing, equestrian club).

The current baroque church was built in 1727. The church square was planned and built by the architect Jožef Plečnik before the Second World War .

economy

Today the municipality is dominated by agriculture .

Most of the working population commute to work in Kamnik , Kranj , Domžale and Ljubljana every day . A new Žeje economic zone was recently opened near the Ljubljana-Kranj motorway on the border with the Vodice municipality .

Daughters and sons of the church

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mayor of Komenda on the municipality's website (queried in April 2017)
  2. ^ Website of the Komenda municipality
  3. ↑ Website of the Statistični urad RS (Statistical Office of the RS)