Muljava
Muljava is located in Slovenia
Muljava
Muljava
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°54′6.61″N 14°47′55.25″E / 45.9018361°N 14.7986806°E / 45.9018361; 14.7986806
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityIvančna Gorica
Elevation
319.3 m (1,047.6 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total270
[1]

Muljava (pronounced [muˈljaːʋa]; German: Mulau[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

History

Muljava was originally two villages: Muljava and Zavod. The two were united into a single village when house numbers were assigned in the village.[4][5]

Jurčič farm

Josip Jurčič's birthplace in Muljava

Muljava is best known as the birthplace of the Slovene writer Josip Jurčič and the farm where he was born is now a small museum.[6]

Church

Assumption of Mary Church in Muljava

The local church is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Parish of Krka.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 100.
  3. ↑ Ivančna Gorica municipal site
  4. ↑ Jurčič, Josip (1961). Zbrano delo. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 321.
  5. ↑ Smolej, Viktor (1957). "Jurčičev Zavod in Muljava". Jezij in Slovstvo. 2 (6): 283. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  6. ↑ "EŠD 9814". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  7. ↑ "EŠD 474". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 21 July 2011.


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