Zapleš
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Zapleš | |
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  Zapleš Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°09′54″N 14°40′53″E / 46.16500°N 14.68139°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Upper Carniola |
| Statistical region | Central Slovenia |
| Municipality | Lukovica |
| Elevation | 680 m (2,230 ft) |
Zapleš (pronounced [zaˈpleːʃ], German: Saplesch[2]) is a former village in central Slovenia in the Municipality of Lukovica. It is now part of the village of Hribi.[3] It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.
Zapleš is a small hillside settlement on the sunny slope of Kamnec Hill (elevation: 862 meters or 2,828 feet).[1] It lies north of the main hamlet in Hribi.
Name
Zapleš is recorded in older sources in Slovene as Sapleſh[4] and Za Plešjo,[2] and in German as Saplesch[2] and Plesch.[5] The name may refer to bare, unplowed land between fields or similar terrain, related to names like Pleš, Pleša, and Plešivica,[6] which derive from the common noun pleša 'bare land', especially in a mountain area.[7]
