Knežak
Knežak (pronounced [knɛˈʒaːk]; German: Grafenbrunn, Italian: Fontana del Conte) is a village on the main road from Postojna to Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. It belongs to the Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica.
Knezak town center
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Koper Diocese.
The poet, composer, and playwright Miroslav Vilhar (1818–1871) is buried in Knežak.
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 134.
- ^ Baedeker, Karl (1929). Dalmatia & the Adriatic. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. p. 134.
- ^ Pelikan, Egon (2002). Tajno štetje prebivalstva v Julijski krajini leta 1933. Koper: Zgodovinsko društvo za južno Primorsko. pp. 84, 119.
- ^ Ilirska Bistrica municipal site
- ^ Koper Diocese list of churches Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Miroslav Vilhar". Slovenski biografski leksikon (in Slovenian). Retrieved February 28, 2019.
External links
Media related to Knežak at Wikimedia Commons- Knežak on Geopedia
- Knežak Local Community site
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