Knežja Vas

Knežja Vas
Knežja Vas

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°53′56.84″N 14°57′6.92″E / 45.8991222°N 14.9519222°E / 45.8991222; 14.9519222Coordinates: 45°53′56.84″N 14°57′6.92″E / 45.8991222°N 14.9519222°E / 45.8991222; 14.9519222
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Southeast Slovenia
Municipality Trebnje
Area
 • Total 1.97 km2 (0.76 sq mi)
Elevation 302.8 m (993.4 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 73
[1]

Knežja Vas (pronounced [ˈkneːʒja ˈʋaːs]; Slovene: Knežja vas) is a village in the Municipality of Trebnje in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[2]

The local church is dedicated to Saint Agnes and belongs to the Parish of Dobrnič. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1526.[3]

In 1797 the Roman Catholic missionary, bishop, and grammarian Frederic Baraga was born in the Mala Vas Castle in Mala Vas (Mala vas), which is now a hamlet in the northern part of Knežja Vas but was an autonomous settlement in the past. The 17th-century manor in which he was born houses a small museum dedicated to him.[4] On 10 or 11 April 1721 Maximillian Morautscher, a professor of physics in Laibach (now Ljubljana) and one of the founders of the Slovene Philharmonic Orchestra, was born in the same house. The building has been converted into a museum.

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Trebnje municipal site
  3. ↑ "EŠD 1764". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
  4. ↑ "EŠD 9564". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
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