Mengeš (; Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 28.) is a town in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Mengeš. It is located approximately fifteen kilometers from the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana. It includes the hamlets of Zavrti, Veliki Mengeš (), Mali Mengeš (), and Pristava.
Name Mengeš was first attested in written sources in 1154–56 as Meingosburg (and as Mengospurch in 1214–20, Mengozesburc in 1226, and Meingospurch in 1243). The Slovene name is a clipped form of Middle High German Meingos(purch), which is a compound of Meingoz (a personal name) + purch 'castle', thus meaning 'castle belonging to Meingoz'.Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 259. In the past the German name was Mannsburg.
Church
The parish church in the town is dedicated to Archangel Michael.Mengeš municipal site
Notable people Notable people that were born or lived in Mengeš include: Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein (1703–1774), astronomer, mathematician Janez Trdina (1830–1905) writer, historian Jurij Andrej Gallenfels (1651–1699), Renaissance humanist Ignac Holzapfel (1799–1868), poet Anton Koblar (1854–1928), historian Franc Lah (1816–1890), sculptor Lovro Letnar (1855–1913), schoolmaster Anton Mrkun (1876–1961), priest and historian Franc Ropret (1878–1952), sculptor Miha Stare (1790–1872), businessman Justina Hermina Pacek (1931–2016), a nurse, photographer, painter, and illustrator
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References
External links
Mengeš on Geopedia