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unusual facts about Kaplja Vas, Komenda


Kaplja Vas

Kaplja Vas, Komenda, a former village in the Municipality of Komenda, northern Slovenia


Dutch Cemetery, Elmina

A plaque unveiled on 24 July 2006 by Dutch ambassador to Ghana Arie van der Wiel and Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem Municipal District Chief Executive George Frank Asmah remembers this renovation.

Erwin Komenda

Komenda developed the car-body construction of the VW Beetle, the most built car-body of the last century.

Kaplja Vas

Kaplja Vas, Sevnica, a village in the Municipality of Sevnica, southeastern Slovenia

Kaplja Vas, Prebold, a village in the Municipality of Prebold, eastern Slovenia

Komenda

The name of the village is identical to the Slovene common noun komenda 'commandry', referring to a property and residence owned by the Knights Hospitaller from 1223 to 1872.

Spodnja Kapla

Like other settlements named Kapla (e.g., Kapla in the Municipality of Tabor) and similar names (e.g., Kaplja vas, Kapljišče, and Železna Kapla in Austria), the name is derived from the Slovene common noun *kapla 'chapel' (< *kapela < MHG and OHG kappella < Latin cappella 'chapel'), referring to a local religious structure.


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