page_title: Vižmarje
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Vižmarje / History
caption_attribution_description: Slovenščina: Slovenski tabor v Vižmarjih
context_page_description: Vižmarje is a formerly independent settlement in the northern part of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It was part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. It is located in the northwestern part of the city and belongs to the Šentvid District.
context_section_description: On 17 May 1869, the seventh and best-attended national open-air mass rally, known as a tabor, took place in Vižmarje with 30,000 participants. A factory for cotton fabric was established in 1928, the Skip metals company in 1949, a sports equipment factory in 1954, and the Iskra ceramics and automation plant in 1957. Vižmarje was annexed by the village of Šentvid in 1961, ending its existence as an independent settlement. Šentvid itself was annexed by the city of Ljubljana in 1974.
caption: The Vižmarje rally
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