Ježa is a linear settlement on a terrace above the Sava River[3] east of Črnuče and southeast of the railroad to Kamnik. Most of the houses are along the road to Nadgorica, and a few extend onto the bank towards the plain along the Sava. The soil is sandy, and there are fields to the north and south of the settlement.[1]
Name
Ježa was attested in written sources in 1364 as Jes (and as Yecz in 1436 and Yess in 1478).[4][5] The name is derived from the Slovene common noun ježa 'small grassy slope between two flat areas in a valley'. The name therefore refers to the local geography (cf. Ježica).[5]
History
After the Second World War, an asphalt plant was established in Ježa. A factory producing dissolved acetylene was established in 1967.[1] Ježa annexed the village of Brod in 1952; Ježa itself was annexed by the City of Ljubljana in 1979, ending its existence as an independent settlement.[6]
References
^ abcdSavnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 350.