Brezovica, Slovenia
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Brezovica (German: Bresowitz bei Laibach)) is a municipality in central Slovenia, just south of its capital Ljubljana. It has approximately 9,300 inhabitants. Its administrative centre is the settlement of Brezovica pri Ljubljani. It is the central municipality in the Ljubljansko barje marshland area. The entire municipality is part of the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia statistical region. To the east, it borders with the Municipalities of Ljubljana and Ig . To the south, it borders the municipality of Cerknica , to the west with Borovnica and Vrhnika and to the north with the Municipality of Dobrova-Polhov Gradec >.
Geographically it is rather diverse, containing thirty square kilometres of the Barje marshland, with its isolated “sunken” hills, a section of the Ljubljanica river, a siphonic karst lake; located just outside Jezero and the Rakitna Plateau with a lake and sixty square kilometres of forest.
History
The area has been inhabited since ancient times. People known as The Lake Dwellers, described by the Slovene writer Janez Jalen in his novel Bobri (Beavers), arrived when the marshland was still covered by a lake. Later, the area covered by the present Municipality was crossed by Roman roads, traces of which are still visible, near Rakitna for example. The Ljubljanica river was navigated by boatmen. The Romans redirected it towards Podpeč, a village known for its good quality stone. The nearby forests and the settlements proximity to Ljubljana, have positively influenced the development of agriculture, trade and enterprise in the area. Many old crafts, such as lime, stone and wood processing, and wickerwork have survived till the present day.
The stone in Podpeč, so called “Podpeč Marble”, was used in many famous monuments in Ljubljana by the architect Jože Plečnik , such as the National and University Library of Slovenia. The quarry is now protected and only smaller excavations are allowed.
The parish church in Brezovica is dedicated to Saint Anthony the Hermit and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It is first mentioned in written documents dating to 1526, but the current building dates to the second half of the 19th century.
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