Knežak
Knežak (pron; Grafenbrunn, Fontana del Conte) 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. The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Koper Diocese.
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The poet, composer, and playwright Miroslav Vilhar (1818–1871) is buried in Knežak. • Illustration — Knezak town center
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• Official Name — Knežak • 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 • Elevation M — 581.1
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- 1.Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- 2.C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 134. 1906.
- 3.Baedeker, Karl. Dalmatia & the Adriatic. Karl Baedeker. 134. 1929.
- 4.Pelikan, Egon. Tajno štetje prebivalstva v Julijski krajini leta 1933. Zgodovinsko društvo za južno Primorsko. 84, 119. 2002.
- 5.Ilirska Bistrica municipal site
- 6.Koper Diocese list of churches
- 7.Miroslav Vilhar. Slovenski biografski leksikon.
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