Kamnjek (; Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 54.) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Kranj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It now a hamlet of the village of Letenice. It lies west of the village center of Letenice, in a small damp valley on a road leading into the east side of the Udin Woods ().
Name Like similar names (e.g., Kamnik, Kamenik, Kamnje, Kamno, etc.), the name Kamnjek is ultimately derived from the Slavic common noun *kamy (accusative: *kamenь) 'stone', referring to the local geography.Bezlaj, France. 1982. Etimološki slovar slovenskega jezika, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, p. 13. In the past the German name was Kamnik.
History Kamnjek was merged with the village of Letenice in 1953, ending its existence as a separate settlement.Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.Razširjeni seznam sprememb naselij od 1948 do 1964: preimenovanja, združevanja, odcepitve, pristavki, razglasitve in ukinitve. 1965. Ljubljana: Zavod SR Slovenije za statistiko, p. 45.
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External links Kamnjek on Geopedia