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Turjak Castle (Auersperg Castle)

Turjak Castle (pronounced [tuˈɾjaːk]; Slovene: grad Turjak or turjaški grad, German: Burg Ursperg, later Burg Auersperg) is a 13th-century castle located above the settlement of Turjak, part of the municipality of Velike Lašče in the Lower Carniola region of Slovenia. The castle is 20 km southeast of Ljubljana and is considered among the most impressive in the area.

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Turjak Castle

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Turjak Castle (pronounced [tuˈɾjaːk]; Slovene: grad Turjak or turjaški grad, German: Burg Ursperg, later Burg Auersperg) is a 13th-century castle located...

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Siege of Turjak

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The siege of Turjak or Battle of Turjak (Slovene: bitka za Turjak) was fought between 14 and 19 September 1943 at the Turjak Castle between the Slovene...

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Turjak

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Central Slovenia Statistical Region. Turjak is best known as the location of Turjak Castle, a large 13th-century castle, greatly rebuilt in the early 16th...

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House of Auersperg

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Carinthia at his residence St. Veit. The family's ancestral seat was Turjak Castle (German: Burg Ursperg, later Burg Auersperg) in the March of Carniola...

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Slovene Home Guard

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large force of around 1,600 men at Turjak Castle, 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-southeast of Ljubljana. The force at Turjak had considerable ammunition and...

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Franc Frakelj

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which was destroyed in 1942 by the German Army. Before the Battle of Turjak Castle (September 19, 1943) Frakelj was the commander of a stronghold of village...

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Axis leaders of World War II

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provincial government. Gregorij Rožman, Ernest Peterlin, Battle of Turjak Castle Vidkun Quisling, Minister-President of the Norwegian national government...

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Slovene Partisans

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Žleb (1943), Battle of Kočevje (1943), Battle of Grčarice (1943), Battle of Turjak Castle (1943), Battle of Ilova Gora (1943), Raid at Ožbalt (1944), Battle of...

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Karel Mauser

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with the Village Guard (Slovene: Vaška straža), he was captured at Turjak Castle and taken to the prisons in Kočevje and then held at Stična Abbey, from...

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Fran Levstik

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Strmec Tomažini Turjak Ulaka Uzmani Velika Slevica Veliki Ločnik Veliki Osolnik Vrh Žaga Zgonče Landmarks Rute Plateau Trubar Farm Turjak Castle Notable people...

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Jurij Dalmatin

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the Bible into Slovene, which he allegedly wrote to a large extent at Turjak Castle under the protection of the Carniolan governor, Herbard VIII von Auersperg...

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Tone Polda

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1943. In September of the same year, he survived the Partisan siege at Turjak Castle and then became a curate for the Slovene Home Guard. Before the end...

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September 1943

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with the beginning of the Battle of Kaiapit. The seven-day Battle of Turjak Castle in Slovenia ended in victory for the Slovene Partisans, who completely...

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Hiteno

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Nadlischeck (Nadlišek) Castle. The castle was abandoned by the late 17th century, when its owners, the Auersperg counts of Turjak Castle, built a small manor...

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Josip Stritar

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Strmec Tomažini Turjak Ulaka Uzmani Velika Slevica Veliki Ločnik Veliki Osolnik Vrh Žaga Zgonče Landmarks Rute Plateau Trubar Farm Turjak Castle Notable people...

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Herbard VIII von Auersperg

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through his son Christoph von Auersperg, offered sanctuary at Auersperg/Turjak castle to the first translator of the bible into the local language, Jurij...

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Auersperg

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Auersperg (1859–1927), Austrian landowner and politician Turjak Castle, a 13th-century castle in Carniola (Slovenia) known in German as Burg Auersperg...

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Rute Plateau

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Strmec Tomažini Turjak Ulaka Uzmani Velika Slevica Veliki Ločnik Veliki Osolnik Vrh Žaga Zgonče Landmarks Rute Plateau Trubar Farm Turjak Castle Notable people...

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List of sieges

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– World War II Siege of Stalingrad (1942–1943) – World War II Siege of Turjak (1943) – World War II Siege of Imphal (1944) – World War II Siege of Kohima...

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1511 Idrija earthquake

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(near Planina), Hudi, Kamen, one of the castles in Kamnik, Neuberg, Prežek (in Gorjance), Smlednik, Šteberk, Turjak and Udine. Several major buildings were...

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List of World War II battles

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Heilbronn Operation Amherst Battle of Nuremberg Battle of Hamburg Battle of Castle Itter Liberation of Arnhem Battle of Groningen Battle of Otterlo Battle...

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