Komen (, it, Comen
or ''Comeno''
) is a settlement in
Slovenia. It is the seat of the
Municipality of Komen
The Municipality of Komen (; sl, Občina Komen) is a municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia, near the Italian border. The seat of the municipality is the town of Komen. The municipality was established on 6 November 1994, when the f ...
. It is located on the
Karst Plateau in the
Slovenian 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 Ad ...
.
Name
Komen was attested in written sources in 1247 as ''Cominum'' (and as ''Cumin'' in 1255, ''de Cumino'' in 1269, and ''Comein'' in 1526). The name is probably derived from the Slavic common noun ''*komъ'' 'hill, mountain, elevation'. Derivation from the noun ''komin'' 'stove, chimney' is unlikely for accentual reasons.
The Italian name, which is derived from the Slovene name, is given as ''Comen'' in older sources
and ''Comeno'' in newer sources.
History
In the
Middle Ages, it was first part of the
Duchy of Friuli and in the 13th century it was included in the
County of Gorizia. Komen was first mentioned in a document from 1247. In 1500, the whole region fell under
Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...
dominion and it was included in the
County of Gorizia and Gradisca until 1918. During
World War I, the western parts of the municipality were devastated by the
Battles of the Isonzo
The Battles of the Isonzo (known as the Isonzo Front by historians, sl, soška fronta) were a series of 12 battles between the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies in World War I mostly on the territory of present-day Slovenia, and the remaind ...
. After the end of the war in November 1918, the area was occupied by
Italian troops and annexed to
Italy with the
Treaty of Rapallo in 1920. On February 15, 1944, the village of Komen was burned down by the
Nazi German troops as retaliation for
Partisan resistance activity in the area; the surviving inhabitants were forcibly resettled to
Bavaria, from where they only returned after the end of
World War II. In 1947, it became part of
Yugoslavia and in 1991 of independent Slovenia.
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Komen include:
*
Franco Giraldi, screenwriter (1931–2020)
*
Adela Žgur
Adela Žgur (22 October 1909 – 3 August 1992) was a Slovene academic, who prepared the first English textbooks for secondary students in Slovenia. Holding degrees in German and English language and literature, much of her published work was tra ...
, academic (1909–1992)
References
External links
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Komen on Geopedia
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Populated places in the Municipality of Komen