Črešnjevci (, in older sources ''Črešnjovci'',
german: Kerschbach
) is a
dispersed settlement immediately south of
Gornja Radgona in northeastern
Slovenia.
The
Slovene author,
linguist and
beekeeper Peter Dajnko
Peter Dajnko (23 April 1787 – 22 February 1873) was a Slovene priest, author, and linguist, known primarily as the inventor of the Dajnko alphabet ( sl, dajnčica), an innovative proposal for the Slovene alphabet. Dajnko was also a proficie ...
was born in the village in 1787.
[Bokal, Ljudmila, ed. 2008. ''Čebelarski terminološki slovar.'' Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU and Lukovica: Čebelarska zveza Slovenije, p. 253.] The house in which he was born is a simple
thatched farmhouse and now houses an
ethnographic collection.
References
External links
Črešnjevci on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Gornja Radgona
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