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]