title: Kališe, Kamnik
text: # Kališe, Kamnik
  
  Kališe (pronounced; in older sources also Kališče, German: Unterkalische, Oberkalische) is a small dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Kamnik in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
  
  ## Name
  
  The name Kališe is derived from the Slovene common noun kal '(small) pond' and refers to a place with such a feature. Other Slovene toponyms with the same root include Kal, Kalce, Kališče, Kališnik, and Kalše.
  
  ## Church
  
  The local church, built on a small hill above the village, is dedicated to Saint Acacius of Ararat and is home to an important colony of the lesser horseshoe bat. The church is a chapel of ease belonging to the Parish of Gozd. The church is Gothic, dating to the second half of the 15th century, but parts of it were rebuilt on a number of occasions. The current building dates from 1753, and it features paintings dating from 1772 by Janez Potočnik.
  
  