Bezenškovo Bukovje
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Bezenškovo Bukovje is a settlement in the Vojnik
municipality
in eastern Slovenia
. It lies in the hills to the east of Frankolovo
off the main road from Vojnik towards Slovenske Konjice
. The area was traditionally part of the Lower Styria
region. It is now included with the rest of the municipality into the Savinja statistical region
.
The linguist and shorthand
expert Anton Bezenšek
was born in the village in 1854. A small chapel
in the village was built in 1897 at Bezenšek's initiative.
Vojnik, Slovenia
Vojnik is a town and a municipality in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the Hudinja River, to the north of Celje. Traditionally the area was part of the Lower Styria region. The municipality is now included in the Savinja statistical region....
municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in eastern Slovenia
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...
. It lies in the hills to the east of Frankolovo
Frankolovo
Frankolovo is a settlement in the Municipality of Vojnik in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the main road north of Vojnik towards Slovenske Konjice. The area was traditionally part of the Lower Styria region...
off the main road from Vojnik towards Slovenske Konjice
Slovenske Konjice
Slovenske Konjice is a town and a municipality in northeastern Slovenia. The area was part of the traditional region of Lower Styria.- Slovenske Konjice municipality :...
. The area was traditionally part of the Lower Styria
Lower Styria
Lower Styria or Slovenian Styria is a traditional region in northeastern Slovenia, comprising the southern third of the former Duchy of Styria. The population of Lower Styria in its historical boundaries amounts to around 705,000 inhabitants, or 34.5% of the population of Slovenia...
region. It is now included with the rest of the municipality into the Savinja statistical region
Savinjska statistical region
The Savinja statistical region is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River....
.
The linguist and shorthand
Shorthand
Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed or brevity of writing as compared to a normal method of writing a language. The process of writing in shorthand is called stenography, from the Greek stenos and graphē or graphie...
expert Anton Bezenšek
Anton Bezenšek
Anton Toma Bezenšek was a Slovene linguist, publicist, shorthand expert, and lecturer, who spent most of his life in Bulgaria...
was born in the village in 1854. A small chapel
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
in the village was built in 1897 at Bezenšek's initiative.