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Ivan Hribovšek
Ivan Hribovšek (June 19, 1923 – 1945) was a Slovene poet, philologist, and translator. Hribovšek was born into a well-to-do family of farmers and officials in Radovljica. He spent his early youth on a farm together with his younger sisters and brother. After completing elementary school in Radovljica, in 1934 he enrolled in the St. Stanislaus Institute, the episcopal upper secondary school in Šentvid, Ljubljana. His father died in 1936. In high school, he contributed to two newsletters produced in manuscript: ''Jutranja zarja'' (The Dawn) and ''Domače vaje'' (Home Exercises). As part of the institute's Palestra cultural association, he gave presentations on Ivan Cankar, Simon Jenko, and Slovenian Expressionism. After the sixth year of the eight-year secondary school program, he transferred to the classical secondary school in Ljubljana and joined Edvard Kocbek's circle, and in 1940 he published his first two poems in the magazine ''Dejanje''. In 1941, during the German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radovljica
Radovljica (; german: Radmannsdorf) is a town in the Upper Carniola region of northern Slovenia. It is the administrative seat of the Municipality of Radovljica. Geography The town is located on the southern slope of the Karawanks mountain range, about of Lake Bled at the confluence of the Sava Dolinka and the Sava Bohinjka, both headwaters of the Sava River. It lies at the southern end of the Radovljica Plain ( sl, Radovljiška ravnina, also known as ''Dežela''). The Radovljica station is a stop on the Tarvisio–Ljubljana Railway line. Name Radovljica was attested in historical sources as ''Radmansdorf'' in 1296, ''Ramansdorf'' and ''Rasmandorf'' in 1325, ''Rotmastof'' in 1349, and ''Rodmanßtorff'' in 1498, among other spellings. all deriving from the German for "carter's settlement." The Slovene toponym is a partial borrowing from the German, combining the "''rad''" ("wheel") particle with a Slovene locative suffix. History The settlement around a church built at the be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brezje, Radovljica
Brezje (; german: Bresiach) is a settlement in the Municipality of Radovljica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. The village is located southwest of Radovljica on the road to Kranj. Name Brezje was attested in written sources as ''Fresiach'' in 1350, ''Vresyach'' in 1354, ''Zabrezyach'' in 1389, and ''Nabresiach'' in 1498, among other spellings. The name ''Brezje'' literally means 'birch woods', derived from the common noun ''breza'' 'birch'. Like similar toponyms in Slovenia (e.g., '' Brezova, Brezovec, Brezovci''), it originally referred to the local vegetation. Basilica Brezje is best known for Mary Help of Christians Basilica ( sl, Bazilika Marije Pomagaj), the largest pilgrimage church in Slovenia and national shrine of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. The present-day Neo-Renaissance church building modelled on the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi was consecrated in 1900; it replaced Mary Help of Christians Chapel in the 15th century St Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Hölderlin
Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (, ; ; 20 March 1770 – 7 June 1843) was a German poet and philosopher. Described by Norbert von Hellingrath as "the most German of Germans", Hölderlin was a key figure of German Romanticism. Particularly due to his early association with and philosophical influence on Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, he was also an important thinker in the development of German Idealism. Born in Lauffen am Neckar, Hölderlin had a childhood marked by bereavement. His mother intended for him to enter the Lutheran ministry, and he attended the Tübinger Stift, where he was friends with Hegel and Schelling. He graduated in 1793 but could not devote himself to the Christian faith, instead becoming a tutor. Two years later, he briefly attended the University of Jena, where he interacted with Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Novalis, before resuming his career as a tutor. He struggled to establish himself as a poet, and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragotin Kette
Dragotin Kette (19 January 1876 – 26 April 1899) was a Slovene Impressionist and Neo-Romantic poet. Together with Josip Murn, Ivan Cankar, and Oton Župančič, he is considered the founder of modernism in Slovene literature. Life Kette was born in the small village of Prem near the Carniolan town of Ilirska Bistrica, in what was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Slovenia). His father was a teacher and a choirmaster; his mother died when he was four years old. In 1898, he enrolled in the State Secondary School in Ljubljana. In 1894, his maternal uncle, Janez Valenčič, who was paying for Kette's scholarship, withdrew his financial support because Kette published some satirical verses about the bishop of Ljubljana Jakob Missia in the student paper. Kette had to continue his studies in Novo Mesto, where he passed his high-school leaving exam in 1898. In Novo Mesto, he fell in love with the daughter of the district judge, Angela Smola (1881–1973), to whom he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France Balantič
France Balantič (29 November 1921 – 24 November 1943) was a Slovenian language, Slovene poet. His works were banned from schools and libraries during the Titoist regime in Slovenia, but since the late 1980s he has been re-evaluated as one of the foremost Slovene poets of the 20th century. Life Balantič was born in a working-class family in Kamnik,Plut-Pregelj, Leopoldina, & Carole Rogel. 2010. ''The A to Z of Slovenia.'' Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, p. 33. in the Slovenian region of Upper Carniola in what was then the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Before World War II, he studied Slavic linguistics at the University of Ljubljana. As a student, Balantič professed left wing, left-wing leanings, with a sympathy towards Christian Socialism and trade unionism in general. As a devout Roman Catholic, he was however suspicious to the materialist world view present in most left-wing ideologies of the time, especially in Communism. By 1941 he had turned away from political activism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenian Academy Of Sciences And Arts
The Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( sl, Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti (SAZU)) is the national academy of Slovenia, which encompasses science and the arts and brings together the top Slovene researchers and artists as members of the academy. Cultural significance Established in 1938, the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU) is the supreme national institution for science and the arts. It associates scientists and artists who have been elected as its members for their outstanding achievements in the field of sciences and arts. It cultivates, encourages and promotes sciences and arts and, through its activities, contributes to the development of scientific thought and creativity in the arts, particularly by: addressing basic issues of sciences and arts; participating in establishing the policies of research activities and creativity in arts; giving appraisals, proposals and opinions on the position, development and promotion of sciences and arts and on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jože Javoršek
Jože Javoršek was the pen name of Jože Brejc (October 20, 1920 – September 2, 1990), a Slovenian playwright, writer, poet, translator and essayist.Jože Javoršek: Povečevalno steklo He is regarded as one of the greatest masters of and language among Slovene authors.Občina Velike Lašče A complex thinker and controversial personality, Javoršek is frequently considered, together with the writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tine Debeljak
Tine Debeljak (27 April 1903 – 20 January 1989) was a Slovenian literary critic, translator, editor, and poet. Debeljak was born in Škofja Loka. He graduated in 1927 from the University of Ljubljana, where he studied Slavic literature, Slavic and comparative literature. In 1948 he emigrated to Argentina. Works He translated other works from Czech language, Czech, Polish language, Polish, Russian language, Russian, Hungarian language, Hungarian, and Italian language, Italian into Slovenian. He was the author of hundreds of articles on literature as well as several books. References External links * 1903 births 1989 deaths People from Škofja Loka University of Ljubljana alumni Slovenian tr ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carinthia
Carinthia (german: Kärnten ; sl, Koroška ) is the southernmost States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The main language is German language, German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Bavarian group. Carinthian dialect group, Carinthian Slovene dialects, forms of a South Slavic languages, Slavic language that predominated in the southeastern part of the region up to the first half of the 20th century, are now spoken by a Carinthian Slovenes, small minority in the area. Carinthia's main Industry (economics), industries are tourism, electronics, engineering, forestry, and agriculture. Name The etymology of the name "Carinthia", similar to Carnia or Carniola, has not been conclusively established. The ''Ravenna Cosmography'' (about AD 700) referred to a Slavic settlement of the Eastern Alps, Slavic "Carantani" tribe as the eastern neighbours of the Bavarians. In his ''History of the Lombards'', the 8th-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kočevski Rog
Kočevski Rog or Kočevje Rog (german: Hornwald) or simply Rog is a karstified plateau in the Kočevje Highlands above the Črmošnjice Valley in southeastern Slovenia. The plateau is part of the traditional Lower Carniola region of Slovenia and of the Dinaric Alps. The highest area is the central part, with the 1099-metre-high peak of Veliki Rog. The plateau is densely forested. The only ski slope in Lower Carniola, Rog-Črmošnjice (or Gače) also lies in the vicinity of Rog. The Gottscheers This area, known in German as Gottschee, was settled in the late 14th century by the Carinthian Counts of Ortenburg initially with colonists from the Ortenburg estates in Carinthia and Tyrol, and by other settlers who came from Austrian and German Dioceses of Salzburg, Brixen and Freising. The settlers cleared the vacant and heavily forested land, and established towns and rural villages. The area of Carniola that was to become Gottschee had been a strategic part of the Holy Roman Empi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teharje Camp
The Teharje camp ( sl, taborišče Teharje) was a concentration camp near Teharje, Slovenia, organised by the Yugoslav secret police (OZNA) after the end of World War II in Yugoslavia. It was primarily used for the internment of Slovene Home Guard prisoners of war, ethnic Germans, and Slovene civilians. The camp was built in 1943 by German forces and was used as a military camp for Hitler Youth. It had six residential barracks and ten other buildings. The camp was abandoned for a short time after the war, but was reactivated by the Yugoslav communists at the end of May 1945 to accommodate former members of the Slovene Home Guard and others that had collaborated with the Axis, as well as civilians that had fled before the advancing Yugoslav People's Army to Allied camps in Austrian Carinthia. On 31 May 1945, the entire 2nd Assault Battalion of the Slovene Home Guard, headed by Vuk Rupnik, was brought to Teharje, and in the first days of June 1945 approximately 3,000 additional mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teharje
Teharje () is a settlement in the City Municipality of Celje in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the right bank of the Voglajna River on the eastern outskirts of Celje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region. Name Teharje was first attested in written sources in 1362 as ''cze Tyechar(e)n'' (and later as ''Tyecharen'' in 1368, ''Tychoronen'' in 1405, ''Dyetharn'' in 1466, and ''zu Tieharn'' in 1480). The name is believed to derive from ''*Těxar′e (selo)'' (literally, 'Těxar's village') based on the hypocoristic personal name ''*Těxar(′)ь'', related to toponyms such as Slovene ''Teharče'' (German ''Techanting'') in Austrian Carinthia, as well as Czech '' Těchařovice'' and Macedonian ''Tearce''. Church The local parish church is dedicated to Saint Martin and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to the 13th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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