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Knežak (pronounced [knɛˈʒaːk]; German: Grafenbrunn,[2] Italian: Fontana del Conte[3][4]) 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.[5]
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Koper Diocese.[6]
The poet, composer, and playwright Miroslav Vilhar (1818–1871) is buried in Knežak.[7]
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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