Kotlje
Encyclopedia
Kotlje is a village
in the hills to the south of Ravne na Koroškem
in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia
.
The Parish Church
in the village is dedicated to Saint Margaret
and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is first mentioned in written documents dating to 1367, but has been rebuilt and expanded a number of times.
The Slovene conservative politician and diplomat Alojzij Kuhar
was born in Kotlje; his brother, the writer
Prežihov Voranc
was born in the nearby village of Podgora
in 1893 and wrote about Kotlje in his novels.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the hills to the south of Ravne na Koroškem
Ravne na Koroškem
Ravne na Koroškem is a town and a municipality in northern Slovenia. Until 1918, the town was part of the Duchy of Carinthia. It is the largest town in the traditional Slovenian province of Carinthia and its capital. Its Slovene name means 'Ravne in Carinthia', in order to distinguish it from...
in the Carinthia region in northern 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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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 village 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 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is first mentioned in written documents dating to 1367, but has been rebuilt and expanded a number of times.
The Slovene conservative politician and diplomat Alojzij Kuhar
Alojzij Kuhar
Alojzij Kuhar was a Slovenian and Yugoslav politician, diplomat, historian and journalist. Together with Izidor Cankar and Franc Snoj, he was an important exponent of the liberal conservative fraction of the Slovene People's Party.-Biography:Kuhar was born into a Carinthian Slovene family in...
was born in Kotlje; his brother, the writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
Prežihov Voranc
Prežihov Voranc
Prežihov Voranc was the pen name of Lovro Kuhar, a Slovene writer and Communist political activist. Voranc's literary reputation was established during the 1930s with a series of Slovene novels and short stories in the social realist style, notable for their depictions of poverty in rural and...
was born in the nearby village of Podgora
Podgora, Ravne na Koroškem
Podgora is a dispersed settlement in the hills to the south of Kotlje in the Ravne na Koroškem Municipality in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia....
in 1893 and wrote about Kotlje in his novels.