Janče
| Janče | |
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 Janče
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| Coordinates: 46°3′8.83″N 14°42′39.27″E / 46.0524528°N 14.7109083°ECoordinates: 46°3′8.83″N 14°42′39.27″E / 46.0524528°N 14.7109083°E | |
| Country |
 Slovenia
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| 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 |
Janče (pronounced [ˈjaːntʃɛ]; in older sources and locally also Jančje,German: Jantschberg) is a dispersed settlement in the hills south of the Sava River east of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It was part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.
Janče was first attested in written sources as Iance in 1581. The name is derived from the personal name Jan, from Middle High German Johann 'John'. The morphology of the demonym Jančar indicates that the settlement likely originally had a longer name, such as Janče selo/brdo/polje (literally, 'John's village/hill/field'). The settlement is known as Jančje in the local dialect and was called Jantschberg in German in the past.
There is evidence that the Janče area was already settled in prehistoric times.
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 in Vevče 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.
During the Second World War, the Partisan commander of the Štična Company, Jože Kovačič (1916–1942), was killed near the village in an engagement with German forces. Kovačič was later proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia.
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