Zgornje Jezersko


Zgornje Jezersko is a settlement and administrative centre of the Municipality of Jezersko in northern Slovenia. It is part of the traditional Slovenian Carinthia region and the Upper Carniola Statistical Region.

Geographical features

The settlement is located in a high valley between the Karawanks mountain range in the north and the Kamnik–Savinja Alps in the south. The road from Kranj runs through the valley further up to Seeberg Saddle and the border with Austria.
Jezernica Creek, a tributary of the Kokra River, flows through Zgornje Jezersko. Other major geographical features in or bordering the settlement's territory include Lake Planšar, the Ravne Cirque, the Makek Cirque, and Mount Kočna, as well as mounts Grintovec, Skuta, and Storžič to the south. Mount Roblek stands due north of the village and is surrounded by the Roblek Pasture, the Anko Pasture with an abandoned Yugoslav border post, and the Rakež Pasture. Anko Falls is located immediately south of the Anko Pasture.

Churches

There are three churches in the settlement. Two of them, including the parish church, are dedicated to Saint Oswald. The older one, a chapel of ease above the village, was built around 1320. The larger 19th-century church is on the northern outskirts of the main settlement.
St. Andrew's Church, another chapel of ease, is located in the hamlet of Ravne, northeast of the main settlement.