The Finžgar House is a house in the village of Doslovče in the

Municipality of Žirovnica The Municipality of Žirovnica (; ) is a municipality in Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the village of Breznica. In the Završnica Valley, behind the Reber range that overlooks the villages, the first public hydroelectric plant in S ...

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. It is the house where the Slovene writer

Fran Saleški Finžgar Fran Saleški Finžgar (February 9, 1871 – June 2, 1962) was perhaps the most popular Slovenes, Slovene folk writer. He is particularly known for his novels and short stories, although he also wrote poems and plays. Life Fran Saleški Finžgar ...

was born in 1871. Administratively, it is part of the Upper Carniola Museum from

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.Kranj Upper Carniola Museum site
/ref> As well as a museum about the writer, it is a museum of rural architecture and life in the

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during the late 19th century. It is outfitted with original furniture from the period, some from the actual house and some gathered from elsewhere. Until the 1930s, the house was a cultural centre and a meeting place of intellectuals from the area. In World War II, it was almost completely destroyed. It was converted into a museum in 1971, on the centenary of the writer's birth. The works were led by the ethnologist Janez Bogataj, whose mother was Finžgar's niece and who spent about 15 years in Finžgar's company. Finžgar was the initiator of the public arrangement of the

Prešeren House The Prešeren House (traditional Slovene language, Slovene oeconym ) is a house in the village of Vrba, Slovenia, Vrba in the Municipality of Žirovnica in Slovenia. It is the house where the Slovenes, Slovene poet France Prešeren was born in 180 ...

in the nearby

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Finzgar House Historic house museums in Slovenia Municipality of Žirovnica Museums established in 1971 1971 establishments in Slovenia