Križ, Komenda
Križ (pronounced [ˈkɾiːʃ]; German: Kreuz) is a village in the Municipality of Komenda in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
Former site of Križ Castle 
Saint Paul's Church
Castle
Križ Castle (Slovene: grad Križ) or Križ Manor (Slovene: Kriška graščina) used to stand on a small hill above the settlement. It was built in the second half of the 16th century. In 1918, Križ Castle was owned by the Austrian aristocrat Baron Otto von Apfaltrern. The castle was burned down and demolished by the Partisans in November 1943. It contained many valuable works of art; some were burned by the Partisans and others were looted.
Church
The local church is dedicated to Saint Paul.
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 26.
- ^ Ostanki graščine na Križu (in Slovene)
- ^ Otterstädt, Herbert. "Deutscher Besitz in Krain – nationalsozialistisches Südostdeutsches Institut, Graz, 1940". Gottschee.de. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
- ^ Jakič, Ivan. 1997. Vsi slovenski gradovi: leksikon slovenske grajske zapuščine. Ljubljana: DZS, p. 173.
- ^ Komenda municipal site
External links
Media related to Križ at Wikimedia Commons- Križ on Geopedia
- Otto, Freiherr von Apfaltrern sen.
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