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Jelendol, Škocjan
Jelendol ( or ) is a small settlement in the hills north of Škocjan in the Municipality of Škocjan The Municipality of Škocjan (; sl, Občina Škocjan), established in October 1994, is a Municipalities of Slovenia, municipality in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in southeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is Škocjan, Ško ... in southeastern Slovenia. Within the municipality, it belongs to the Village Community of Dole. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. Notable people Notable people that were born or lived in Jelendol include: * Stanislav Hočevar (born 1945), Archbishop of Belgrade References External linksJelendol on Geopedia Populated places in the Municipality of Škocjan {{Škocjan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Slovenia
The national flag of Slovenia ( sl, zastava Slovenije) features three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red, with the Coat of arms of Slovenia located in the upper hoist side of the flag centered in the white and blue bands. The coat of arms is a shield with the image of Mount Triglav, Slovenia's highest peak, in white against a blue background at the center; beneath it are two wavy blue lines representing the Adriatic Sea and local rivers, and above it are three six-pointed golden stars arranged in an inverted triangle which are taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Celje, the great Slovene dynastic house of the late 14th and early 15th centuries. The flag's colors are considered to be Pan-Slavism, Pan-Slavic, but they actually come from the Middle Ages, medieval coat of arms of the Duchy of Carniola, consisting of 3 stars, a mountain, and three colors (red, blue, yellow). crescent. The existing Slovene tricolor was raised for the first time in history duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, covers , and has a population of 2.1 million (2,108,708 people). Slovenes constitute over 80% of the country's population. Slovene, a South Slavic language, is the official language. Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps. A sub-mediterranean climate reaches to the northern extensions of the Dinaric Alps that traverse the country in a northwest–southeast direction. The Julian Alps in the northwest have an alpine climate. Toward the northeastern Pannonian Basin, a continental climate is more pronounced. Ljubljana, the capital and largest city of Slovenia, is geogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Carniola
Lower Carniola ( sl, Dolenjska; german: Unterkrain) is a traditional region in Slovenia, the southeastern part of the historical Carniola region. Geography Lower Carniola is delineated by the Ljubljana Basin with the city of Ljubljana to the northwest, by the Kolpa River and the border with Croatia with the Gorjanci Mountains to the south and southeast, by the Sava River to the north and northeast, and by Mount Krim, the Bloke Plateau, and the Potok Plateau ( sl, Potočanska planota) to the west. The southernmost region down to the border with Croatia on the Kolpa River is called White Carniola and usually considered part of Lower Carniola. Within the Kočevje Rog karst plateau, the mountains reach an elevation of up to . The historic centre of Lower Carniola is Novo Mesto, and other towns include Kočevje, Grosuplje, Krško, Trebnje, Mirna, Črnomelj, Semič, and Metlika. History In the 17th century, the Habsburg duchy of Carniola was internally divided into three admi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statistical Regions Of Slovenia
The statistical regions of Slovenia are 12 administrative entities created in 2000 for legal and statistical purposes. Division By a decree in 2000, Slovenia has been divided into 12 statistical regions ( NUTS-3 level), which are grouped in two cohesion regions (NUTS-2 level). which replace the historical regions of the country. The statistical regions have been grouped into two cohesion regions are: *Eastern Slovenia (''Vzhodna Slovenija'' – SI01), which groups the Mura, Drava, Carinthia, Savinja, Central Sava, Lower Sava, Southeast Slovenia, and Littoral–Inner Carniola regions. * Western Slovenia (''Zahodna Slovenija'' – SI02), which groups the Central Slovenia, Upper Carniola, Gorizia, and Coastal–Karst regions. Sources Slovenian regions in figures 2014 See also *List of Slovenian regions by Human Development Index *Municipalities of Slovenia Slovenia is divided into 212 municipalities ( Slovene: ''občine'', singular'' občina''), of which 12 have urban (metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region
The Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region ( sl, Jugovzhodna Slovenija statistična regija) is a statistical region in southeast Slovenia. It is the largest statistical region. The development of this region is largely the result of industry (the auto industry, pharmaceuticals, and other light industry), which generated nearly half of the gross value added in the region in 2012. According to the latest available data for 2013, 94% of waste water in the region was treated before it was discharged from the public sewage system. This is significantly more than in Slovenia as a whole (78%). The expenditure on research and development (R&D), which amounted to 5.2% of the regional GDP in 2012, highlights the importance of R&D in the region. Businesses accounted for 90% of the sources of financing. The population's age structure in this region is favourable. In mid-2013 the value of the ageing index was 105.2, which means that the ratio between the population 65 or older and the population 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Slovenia
Slovenia is divided into 212 municipalities ( Slovene: ''občine'', singular'' občina''), of which 12 have urban (metropolitan) status. Municipalities are further divided into local communities and districts. Slovene is an official language of all the municipalities. Hungarian is a second official language of three municipalities in Prekmurje: Dobrovnik/Dobronak, Hodoš/Hodos, and Lendava/Lendva. Italian is a second official language of four municipalities (of which one has urban status) in the Slovene Littoral The Slovene Littoral ( sl, Primorska, ; it, Litorale; german: Küstenland) is one of the five traditional regions of Slovenia. Its name recalls the former Austrian Littoral (''Avstrijsko Primorje''), the Habsburg possessions on the upper Adria ...: Ankaran/Ancarano, Izola/Isola, Koper/Capodistria, and Piran/Pirano. In the EU statistics, the municipalities of Slovenia are classified as "local administrative unit 2" (LAU 2), below 58 administrative units ('), which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality Of Škocjan
The Municipality of Škocjan (; sl, Občina Škocjan), established in October 1994, is a Municipalities of Slovenia, municipality in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in southeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is Škocjan, Škocjan, Škocjan. The Municipality of Škocjan is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. The majority of the municipality is part of the Novo Mesto Administrative Unit, except for the northeastern part (Local Community of Bučka), which belongs to the Sevnica Administrative Unit. Subdivision The Municipality of Škocjan comprises the following local and village communities: ;Local communities *Bučka, comprising the settlements: Bučka, Škocjan, Bučka, Dolenje Radulje, Dule, Škocjan, Dule, Gorenje Radulje, Jarčji Vrh, Jerman Vrh, Močvirje, Štrit and Zaboršt, Škocjan, Zaboršt *Škocjan, comprising the settlements: Hrastulje, Osrečje, Segonje, Stara Bučka, Stopno, Škocjan, Stopno, Škocjan, Zalog pri Škocjanu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Škocjan, Škocjan
Škocjan (; german: Sankt Cantian)''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 82–83. is a settlement in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in southeastern Slovenia, best known as the birthplace of the Slovene missionary Ignatius Knoblecher (1819–1858). It is the seat of the Municipality of Škocjan and the Local Community of Škocjan within the municipality. The Municipality of Škocjan is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. Vrh Estate The Vrh Estate (in older sources also ''Kolešnik'', german: Auenthal) stands 1 km west of Škocjan. By the 20th century it was reduced to a large farm owned by the Rupar family of Goriška Vas pri Škocjanu. The manor was built before 1667 by Wolfgang Blande. It passed through many owners over the following centuries and was purchased by the Rupar family in 1928. Church The local parish church from which the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislav Hočevar
Stanislav Hočevar ( sr-cyr, Станислав Хочевар; born 12 November 1945) is the retired Slovenian Roman Catholic prelate. He was the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Belgrade in Serbia between 2001 and 2022. He was also the president of the International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius between 2001 and 2011.GCatholic.orMetropolitan Archdiocese of Beograd, Serbia/ref> Biography Hočevar was born on 12 November 1945 in the village of Jelendol in PR Slovenia, then part of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. After the primary school graduation in 1960 in Škocjan, he joined the Salesians of Don Bosco. He studied gymnasium in Križevci and Rijeka. Hočevar served in the Yugoslav People's Army in 1966/67 in Skopje. After that, he was instructor at the catholic novitiate in Želimlje near Ljubljana. He studied theology at the Theological Faculty in Ljubljana. Hočevar was ordained a priest on 29 June 1973. He achieved a magister degree at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
