Official Name: | Binkelj |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Upper Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Upper Carniola |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Škofja Loka |
Area Total Km2: | 0.06 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 164 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.1746°N 14.2967°W |
Elevation M: | 368.5 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Binkelj (pronounced as /sl/; German: Winkel[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Urban expansion has made it an actual continuous part of the town of Škofja Loka.
Binkelj was attested in written sources in 1300 as in dem Winchel (and as ze Alten Lak zu Winkhel in 1392, am Puhel before 1492, and im Winkhel in 1500).[3] [4] The name is derived from Middle High German winkel 'corner, secluded area, hiding place'.[4] In the past the German name was Winkel.[2]