Knežak Explained

Official Name:Knežak
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Inner Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Littoral–Inner Carniola
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Ilirska Bistrica
Area Total Km2:11.99
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:477
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.6259°N 14.2391°W
Elevation M:581.1
Footnotes:[1]

Knežak (in Slovenian pronounced as /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]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko . 1906 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 134.
  3. Book: Baedeker . Karl . Dalmatia & the Adriatic . 1929 . Karl Baedeker . Leipzig . 134.
  4. Book: Pelikan . Egon . Tajno štetje prebivalstva v Julijski krajini leta 1933 . 2002 . Zgodovinsko društvo za južno Primorsko . Koper . 84, 119.
  5. http://www.ilirska-bistrica.si Ilirska Bistrica municipal site
  6. http://kp.rkc.si/dokumenti/zupnije/seznam.pdf Koper Diocese list of churches
  7. Encyclopedia: Slovenski biografski leksikon . Miroslav Vilhar . February 28, 2019 . sl.