Mengeš

About

Mengeš (pronounced [ˈmèːŋɡəʃ] ; German: Mannsburg) 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 (German: Großmannsburg), Mali Mengeš (German: Kleinmannsburg), and Pristava.

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'. In the past the German name was Mannsburg.

View from south Church interior Archangel Michael Church The parish church in the town is dedicated to Archangel Michael.

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

- Lovro Letnar (1855–1913), schoolmaster

- Anton Mrkun (1876–1961), priest and historian

- Justina Hermina Pacek (1931–2016), a nurse, photographer, painter, and illustrator