Komenda
Encyclopedia
Komenda is a town and a municipality
in the Upper Carniola
region of Slovenia
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Above the settlement is a complex with a castle, a Baroque church dedicated to Saint Peter
, a parsonage, stables and a cemetery. The church is first referred to in documents dating to 1147. In 1726 the old church was pulled down to make way for the new building. The surroundings were redesigned according to plans by the architect Jože Plečnik
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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 the Upper Carniola
Upper Carniola
Upper Carniola is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jesenice, Tržič, Škofja Loka, Kamnik, and Domžale.- Historical background :...
region of 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...
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Above the settlement is a complex with a castle, a Baroque church dedicated to Saint Peter
Saint Peter
Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...
, a parsonage, stables and a cemetery. The church is first referred to in documents dating to 1147. In 1726 the old church was pulled down to make way for the new building. The surroundings were redesigned according to plans by the architect Jože Plečnik
Jože Plecnik
Jože Plečnik , was a Slovene architect who practised in Vienna, Belgrade, Prague and Ljubljana.-Biography:...
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Notable citizens
- Peter Jakob baron Testaferatta (1673–1763) - Maltese knight
- Peter Pavel Glavar (1721–1784) - agriculture and beekeeping innovator
- Ivan Selan (1902–1981) - cartographer
- France Pibernik (born 1928) - poet and writer
- Ivan Sivec (born 1949) - writer and journalist
Personalities
Komenda is a popular surname:- Viacheslav Komenda - Ukrainian software developer
External links
- Komenda, official page of municipality