Bezenškovo Bukovje () is a settlement in the
Municipality of Vojnik in eastern
Slovenia
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. It lies in the hills east of
Frankolovo off the main road from
Vojnik to
Slovenske Konjice. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
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. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the
Savinja Statistical Region
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.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Bukovje'' to ''Bezenškovo Bukovje'' in 1953.
Cultural heritage
A small
chapel shrine in the village was built in 1897 at the initiative of
Anton Bezenšek
Anton Bezenšek (15 April 1854 – 11 December 1915) was a Slovene linguist, journalist, shorthand expert, and lecturer, who spent most of his life in Bulgaria. He is known as the scholar who adapted the Gabelsberger shorthand system to the Sou ...
.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 25129
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Bezenškovo Bukovje include:
*Anton Bezenšek
Anton Bezenšek (15 April 1854 – 11 December 1915) was a Slovene linguist, journalist, shorthand expert, and lecturer, who spent most of his life in Bulgaria. He is known as the scholar who adapted the Gabelsberger shorthand system to the Sou ...
(1854–1915), linguist
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and shorthand
Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to longhand, a more common method of writing a language. The process of writing in shorthand is called stenography, from the Greek ''ste ...
expert
References
External links
Bezenškovo Bukovje on GeopediaBezenškovo Bukovje on Google Maps
(map, street view)
Populated places in the Municipality of Vojnik
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