Toško Čelo

Toško Čelo (pronounced [ˈtoːʃkɔ ˈtʃɛːlɔ]) is a dispersed settlement on the slope of the hill known as Tošč Face (Slovene: Toško čelo), part of the Polhov Gradec Hills, west of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia.

[2] The scattered village lies in the hills between the Sava Plain and the Gradaščica Valley.

[3] Toško Čelo was attested in written sources in 1376 as Vaystem ek (and as Vaistenekk in 1414, Vaistn hiern in 1453, and Na Verhu, Navrchu vel Turskczel, and Taustutschel in 1763–87).

[4][5] The modern name of the settlement literally means 'Tošč face': the noun čelo (otherwise 'forehead' in Slovene) refers to a vertical or steep rocky cliff face below a summit and the adjective toško is related to Mount Tošč (1021 m) to the west (originally based on a dialect form of the adjective tolst 'fat').

It was maintained by a three-member armed patrol; messages were collected at the checkpoint below Toško Čelo and then relayed to the checkpoint at Medno Hill (Slovene: Medenski hrib) on the German side of the border.