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Lower Carniola

Index Lower Carniola

Lower Carniola (Dolenjska; Unterkrain) is a traditional region in Slovenia, the southeastern part of the historical Carniola region. [1]

53 relations: A2 motorway (Slovenia), Austria-Hungary, Črnomelj, Žužemberk, Žumberak Mountains, Bloke Plateau, Brotherhood and Unity Highway, Carinthia (Slovenia), Carniola, Circle (country subdivision), Croatia, District (Austria), Duchy of Carniola, Gottscheerish, Gottscheers, Grosuplje, Habsburg Monarchy, Historical region, Holy Roman Empire, Inner Carniola, Johann Homann, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Kočevje, Kočevski Rog, Kostanjevica na Krki, Kranj, Krško, Kupa, Ljubljana, Lower Carniolan dialect group, Metlika, Mirna (settlement), Mount Krim, Novo Mesto, Postojna, Prekmurje, Sava, Semič, Sevnica–Trebnje Railway, Slovene Littoral, Slovenia, Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region, State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, Styria (Slovenia), Sveti Vrh, The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, Trebnje, Upper Carniola, White Carniola, ..., Windic March, World War I, Zagreb. Expand index (3 more) »

A2 motorway (Slovenia)

The A2 motorway (avtocesta A2, Ilirika) is a motorway in Slovenia, around 180 km long, connecting the Karavanke Tunnel (at the Austrian border) via the capital city Ljubljana to Obrežje (at the Croatian border, near Zagreb).

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Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy in English-language sources, was a constitutional union of the Austrian Empire (the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council, or Cisleithania) and the Kingdom of Hungary (Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen or Transleithania) that existed from 1867 to 1918, when it collapsed as a result of defeat in World War I. The union was a result of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 and came into existence on 30 March 1867.

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Črnomelj

Črnomelj (in older sources also Černomelj, TschernemblLeksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 4.) is a town in southeastern Slovenia.

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Žužemberk

Žužemberk (Seisenberg), is a town and a municipality in the Dinaric Alps of Slovenia, located southeast of the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana.

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Žumberak Mountains

The Žumberak Mountains (Žumberačka Gora, Žumberška gora, historic German name: Uskokengebirge) is a range of hills and mountains in northwestern Croatia and southeastern Slovenia, extending from the southwest to the northeast between the Krka and the Kupa.

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Bloke Plateau

The Bloke Plateau (Bloška planota, Bloke) is an extensive bowl-like plateau in southwest Slovenia, part of the traditional region of Inner Carniola.

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Brotherhood and Unity Highway

The Brotherhood and Unity Highway (or Avtocesta bratstva in enotnosti, was a highway that stretched over across former Yugoslavia, from the Austrian border at Rateče near Kranjska Gora in the northwest via Ljubljana, Zagreb, Belgrade and Skopje to Gevgelija on the Greek border in the southeast. It was the main modern highway in the country, connecting four constituent republics.

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Carinthia (Slovenia)

Carinthia (Koroška), also Slovene Carinthia or Slovenian Carinthia (Slovenska Koroška), is a traditional region in northern Slovenia.

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Carniola

Carniola (Slovene, Kranjska; Krain; Carniola; Krajna) was a historical region that comprised parts of present-day Slovenia.

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Circle (country subdivision)

Circle is a type of administrative division of some countries.

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Croatia

Croatia (Hrvatska), officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska), is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, on the Adriatic Sea.

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District (Austria)

In Austrian politics, a district (Bezirk) is a second-level division of the executive arm of the country's government.

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Duchy of Carniola

The Duchy of Carniola (Vojvodina Kranjska, Herzogtum Krain, Krajna) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, established under Habsburg rule on the territory of the former East Frankish March of Carniola in 1364.

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Gottscheerish

Gottscheerish (Göttscheabarisch,Maridi Tscherne: Wörterbuch Gottscheerisch-Slowenisch. Einrichtung für die Erhaltung des Kulturerbes Nesseltal, Koprivnik/Nesseltal 2010. Gottscheerisch, kočevarščina) is an Upper German dialect which was the main language of communication among the Gottscheers in the enclave of Gottschee, Slovenia before 1941.

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Gottscheers

Gottscheers are the German settlers of the Kočevje region (a.k.a. Gottschee) of Slovenia, formerly Gottschee County.

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Grosuplje

Grosuplje (Großlupp)Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol.

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Habsburg Monarchy

The Habsburg Monarchy (Habsburgermonarchie) or Empire is an unofficial appellation among historians for the countries and provinces that were ruled by the junior Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg between 1521 and 1780 and then by the successor branch of Habsburg-Lorraine until 1918.

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Historical region

Historical regions (or historical countries) are geographic areas which at some point in time had a cultural, ethnic, linguistic or political basis, regardless of present-day borders.

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Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire (Sacrum Romanum Imperium; Heiliges Römisches Reich) was a multi-ethnic but mostly German complex of territories in central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806.

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Inner Carniola

Inner Carniola (Notranjska) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the southwestern part of the larger Carniola region. It comprises the Hrušica karst plateau up to Postojna Gate, bordering the Slovenian Littoral (Goriška) in the west. Its administrative and economic center of the region is Postojna, while other minor centers include Logatec, Cerknica, Pivka and Ilirska Bistrica.

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Johann Homann

Johann Baptist Homann (20 March 1664 – 1 July 1724) was a German geographer and cartographer, who also made maps of the Americas.

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Johann Weikhard von Valvasor

Johann Weikhard Freiherr von Valvasor or Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor (Janez Vajkard Valvasor) or simply Valvasor (baptised on 28 May 1641 – September or October 1693) was a natural historian from Carniola, present-day Slovenia, and a fellow of the Royal Society in London.

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Kingdom of Yugoslavia

The Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian, Slovene: Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; Кралство Југославија) was a state in Southeast Europe and Central Europe, that existed from 1918 until 1941, during the interwar period and beginning of World War II.

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Kočevje

Kočevje (Gottschee;Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 36. Göttscheab or Gətscheab in the local Gottscheerish dialect; Cocevie) is a city in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia.

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Kočevski Rog

Kočevski Rog or Kočevje Rog (Hornwald) or simply Rog is a karstified plateau in the Kočevje Highlands above the Črmošnjice Valley in southeastern Slovenia.

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Kostanjevica na Krki

Kostanjevica na Krki (also Kostanjevica ob Krki, LandstraßLeksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 68.), is a small town in the historic Lower Carniola region of southern Slovenia.

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Kranj

Kranj (Krainburg) is the fourth-largest city in Slovenia, with a population of 37,373 (2015).

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Krško

Krško is a town in eastern Slovenia.

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Kupa

The Kupa (Croatian and Serbian pronunciation) or Kolpa (or; from Colapis in Roman times) river, a right tributary of the Sava, forms a natural border between north-west Croatia and southeast Slovenia.

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Ljubljana

Ljubljana (locally also; also known by other, historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia.

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Lower Carniolan dialect group

The Lower Carniolan dialect group (dolenjska narečna skupinaSmole, Vera. 1998. "Slovenska narečja." Enciklopedija Slovenije vol. 12, pp. 1–5. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 2.) is a group of closely related dialects of Slovene.

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Metlika

Metlika (MöttlingLeksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 10.) is a town and municipality in the southeastern Slovenia.

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Mirna (settlement)

Mirna (Neydeck or Neudegg) is a nucleated village and a minor economic centre in central Lower Carniola, Slovenia.

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Mount Krim

Mount Krim is a 1,107-meter-high mountain on the southern edge of the Ljubljana Marshes.

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Novo Mesto

Novo Mesto (Novo mesto; also known by other alternative names) is the city on a bend of the Krka River in the City Municipality of Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia.

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Postojna

Postojna (Adelsberg, Postumia) is a town in the traditional region of Inner Carniola, from Trieste, in southwestern Slovenia.

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Prekmurje

Prekmurje (dialectically: Prèkmürsko or Prèkmüre; Muravidék) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region settled by Slovenes and a Hungarian minority, lying between the Mur River in Slovenia and the Rába Valley (the watershed of the Rába) (Porabje) in the most western part of Hungary.

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Sava

The Sava (Сава) is a river in Central and Southeastern Europe, a right tributary of the Danube.

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Semič

Semič (Semitsch,Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. formerly also Semenič) is a settlement in southeastern Slovenia.

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Sevnica–Trebnje Railway

The Sevnica–Trebnje Railway (Železniška proga Sevnica–Trebnje) is one of the railway lines that form the Slovenian Railway Network.

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Slovene Littoral

The Slovene Littoral (Primorska,; Litorale; Küstenland) is one of the five traditional regions of Slovenia.

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Slovenia

Slovenia (Slovenija), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene:, abbr.: RS), is a country in southern Central Europe, located at the crossroads of main European cultural and trade routes.

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Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region

The Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region (Jugovzhodna Slovenija statistična regija) is a statistical region in southeast Slovenia.

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State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs

The State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (Država Slovenaca, Hrvata i Srba/Држава Словенаца, Хрвата и Срба; Država Slovencev, Hrvatov in Srbov) was a short-lived entity formed at the end of World War I by Slovenes, Croats and Serbs residing in what were the southernmost parts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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Styria (Slovenia)

Styria (Štajerska), also Slovenian Styria (Slovenska Štajerska) or Lower Styria (Spodnja Štajerska; Untersteiermark), is a traditional region in northeastern Slovenia, comprising the southern third of the former Duchy of Styria.

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Sveti Vrh

Sveti Vrh (HeiligenbergLeksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 82.) is a settlement in the hills east of Mokronog in the Municipality of Mokronog-Trebelno in southeastern Slovenia.

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The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola

The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola (Die Ehre deß Hertzogthums Crain, Slava vojvodine Kranjske) is an encyclopedia published in Nuremberg in 1689 by the polymath Johann Weikhard von Valvasor.

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Trebnje

Trebnje is a town in southeastern Slovenia.

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Upper Carniola

Upper Carniola (Gorenjska; Alta Carniola; Oberkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region.

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White Carniola

White Carniola (Bela krajina; Weißkrain or Weiße Mark) is a small traditional region in southeastern Slovenia on the border with Croatia.

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Windic March

The Windic March (Windische Mark; also known as Wendish March) was a medieval frontier march of the Holy Roman Empire, roughly corresponding to the Lower Carniola (Dolenjska) region in present-day Slovenia.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of Croatia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Carniola

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