Mengeš
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Menge may refer to: * Menge (woreda), a municipality in western Ethiopia * Menge, Ethiopia, a town in western Ethiopia * Menge House Complex, a historic home located at Dolgeville in Herkimer County, New York, US * Saint-Menge, a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France * 3740 Menge, a Main-belt Asteroid discovered in 1981 ; People * Franz Anton Menge (1808–1880), German entomologist * Johann Menge (1788–1852), Australian geologist * Susanne Menge (born 1960), German politician * Wolfgang Menge (1924-2012), German journalist and television director
Mengeš ( ; ) 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'. In the past the German name was Mannsburg. ==Church== The parish church in the town is dedicated to Archangel Michael. ==Notable people== Notable people that were born or lived in Mengeš include: Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein (17031–1774), 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 ==Gallery== File:Mengeš Stare Castle.jpg|Park with castle on the right ==References== ==External links== Mengeš on Geopedia
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