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Janko Orožen
Janko Orožen (; 10 December 1891 – 30 September 1989)Šlebinger, Janko. 1935. "Orožen Janko." ''Slovenski biografski leksikon'', vol. 6: Mrkun–Peterlin. Ljubljana: Zadružna gospodarska banka. was a Slovene historian and schoolteacher. Life Orožen was born in Sveti Štefan (now Turje), where he also attended a one-room school.Kmecl, Matjaž. 1972. "Profesor Janko Orožen - osemdesetletnik." ''Jezik in slovstvo'' 17(4): 113. He attended a teacher training school in Maribor and then graduated from high school in Celje. He enrolled in law school in Prague in 1913,Šumrada, Janez. 1981. "Janko Orožen - devetdesetletnik." ''Kronika'' 29(3): 282–283. but withdrew due to a lack of funds. During the First World War he was called up to serve in the Austro-Hungarian army in 1915 and was captured on the Russian front. He then joined the volunteers in the Czechoslovak Legion in 1918 and fought with them on the Macedonian front. In 1922 he graduated from the Faculty of Arts at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turje, Hrastnik
Turje () is a settlement in the hills southeast of Dol in the Municipality of Hrastnik in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region. Name The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Å tefan'' (literally, 'Saint Stephen') to ''Turje'' in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms. Church The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Stephen and belongs to the Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ... of Dol pri Hrastniku. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |