Grad, Slovenia
Encyclopedia
Grad is a town
and a municipality
in Slovenia
.
Grad means 'castle
' in Slovene and refers to the castle dating from the late 12th century strategically situated on a hill overlooking the settlement. It is one of the largest castle complexes in Slovenia, with 365 rooms. After World War II
, the castle was divided into small residential apartments. With Slovenia joining the European Union
, funds have been made available for the restoration of the castle. Certain parts of the castle are open to the public.
The writer István Szelmár
was born in Grad and the writer István Zsemlics
also lived there.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
and a 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 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...
.
Grad means 'castle
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
' in Slovene and refers to the castle dating from the late 12th century strategically situated on a hill overlooking the settlement. It is one of the largest castle complexes in Slovenia, with 365 rooms. After World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, the castle was divided into small residential apartments. With Slovenia joining the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
, funds have been made available for the restoration of the castle. Certain parts of the castle are open to the public.
The writer István Szelmár
István Szelmár
István Szelmár, also known in Slovene as Števan Selmar was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest and writer in the Kingdom of Hungary.His original surname was Szlámár . His father's name was Mihály Szlámár...
was born in Grad and the writer István Zsemlics
István Zsemlics
István Zsemlics or Zsemlits was a Slovene author and Roman Catholic priest.He was born in Murska Sobota in the region Prekmurje, in what was the Vas county of the Kingdom of Hungary in the Austrian Empire. Hist parents József Zsemlits shoemaker and Anna Karlovics...
also lived there.