Franc Treiber (28 January 1809 – 24 October 1878) was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest, poet, and composer.

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Born in Faak (Bače),

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, Treiber studied theology at the

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seminary under

Anton Martin Slomšek Blessed Anton Martin Slomšek (26 November 1800 – 24 September 1862) was a Slovene Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Lavant from 1846 until his death. He served also as an author and poet as well as a staunch advocate of the n ...

and was ordained priest in 1834. He initially worked as a chaplain and

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, and in 1846 became

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Sankt Jakob im Rosental Sankt Jakob im Rosental ( sl, Šentjakob v Rožu) is a town in the district of Villach-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Geography The municipality borders on Slovenia in the south, and the northern boundary is formed by the Drau River. I ...

(Šentjakob v Rožu). Here he founded a church choir which he led more than 30 years. In 1872 he, together with Valentin Janežič, brother of

Anton Janežič Anton Janežič, also known in German as Anton Janeschitz (19 December 1828 – 18 September 1869) was a Carinthian Slovene linguist, philologist, author, editor, literary historian and critic. Life Janežič was born in a peasant family in ...

, established the first Slovene loan office in Sankt Jakob. Treiber composed numerous songs in the

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Slovene dialect. His melancholic song ''Nmav čez izaro'' (''Over the Lake''), written in 1855, became one of the best-known Slovene folk songs and is considered the unofficial anthem of

Carinthian Slovenes Carinthian Slovenes or Carinthian Slovenians ( sl, Koroški Slovenci; german: Kärntner Slowenen) are the indigenous minority of Slovene ethnicity, living within borders of the Austrian state of Carinthia, neighboring Slovenia. Their status of t ...

. He died in Sankt Jakob. A commemorative plaque in his honour was erected in 2009 at the Latschach (Loče) parish church.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Treiber, Franc 1809 births 1878 deaths Slovenian poets Slovenian male poets Slovenian composers Male composers 19th-century Slovenian Roman Catholic priests Carinthian Slovenes 19th-century composers 19th-century poets People from Villach-Land Slovenian male musicians

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