Horjul
Encyclopedia
Horjul is a small town and a municipality in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia
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The origin of the name Horjul is unclear; various theories have tried to derive it from a Romance or Celtic root.
The parish church
in the town of Horjul is dedicated to Saint Margaret
and belongs to the Ljubljana Archdiocese
. The church was originally built in Gothic style and was renovated in 1678. The rectory dates from 1787 and the cemetery was reworked in 1922 following plans by Jože Plečnik
.
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
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The origin of the name Horjul is unclear; various theories have tried to derive it from a Romance or Celtic root.
The parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
in the town of Horjul is dedicated to Saint Margaret
Margaret the Virgin
Margaret the Virgin, also known as Margaret of Antioch , virgin and martyr, is celebrated as a saint by the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches on July 20; and on July 17 in the Orthodox Church. Her historical existence has been questioned; she was declared apocryphal by Pope Gelasius I in 494,...
and belongs to the Ljubljana Archdiocese
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ljubljana is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Slovenia. It was erected as the Diocese of Ljubljana by Pope Eugene IV on 6 December 1461 and was immediately subject to the Holy See from its creation until erected...
. The church was originally built in Gothic style and was renovated in 1678. The rectory dates from 1787 and the cemetery was reworked in 1922 following plans by Jože Plečnik
Jože Plecnik
Jože Plečnik , was a Slovene architect who practised in Vienna, Belgrade, Prague and Ljubljana.-Biography:...
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Notable residents
- Kristina Brenk (1911–2009), writer of juvenile literature and translator
- Cene Logar (1913–1995), philosopher and communist-era dissident
- Janez Logar (1908–1987), literary historian
- Tine LogarTine LogarTine Logar, also known as Valentin Logar was a Slovenian historical linguist, dialectologist, and university professor...
(1916–2002), linguist and Slavic specialist - Anton Oblak (1871–1953), rural writer
- Janez Potrebuješ (1830–1904), sculptor
- Rudolf Hribernik a.k.a. "Svarun" (1921–2002), Yugoslav general and politician
- Aleš Stanovnik (1901–1942), political activist and journalist
- Ivan Stanovnik (1891–?), writer of juvenile literature and political activist
- Andrej Zamejic (1824–1907), religious writer and translator