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Province Of Ljubljana
The Province of Ljubljana (, , ) was the central-southern area of Slovenia. In 1941, it was annexed by the Kingdom of Italy, and after 1943 occupied by Nazi Germany. Created on May 3, 1941, it was abolished on May 9, 1945, when the Slovene Partisans and partisans from other parts of Yugoslavia liberated it from the Nazi Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral. Its administrative centre was Ljubljana. Background During World War II, the Drava Banovina was in a unique situation. Whereas Greece was trisected, this territory (roughly present-day Slovenia) experienced a further step—absorption and annexation into neighboring Nazi Germany, the Kingdom of Italy, Hungary, and the Independent State of Croatia.Gregor Joseph Kranjc (2013To Walk with the Devil, University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division, p. 5 After Yugoslavia was invaded by Axis Powers on 6 April 1941, Germany and Hungary occupied and annexed the northern part of the region. The ethnic German Gottscheer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axis Powers
The Axis powers, originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis and also Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, was the military coalition which initiated World War II and fought against the Allies of World War II, Allies. Its principal members were Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Japan. The Axis were united in their far-right positions and general opposition to the Allies, but otherwise lacked comparable coordination and ideological cohesion. The Axis grew out of successive diplomatic efforts by Germany, Italy, and Japan to secure their own specific expansionist interests in the mid-1930s. The first step was the Italo-German protocol of 23 October 1936, protocol signed by Germany and Italy in October 1936, after which Italian leader Benito Mussolini declared that all other European countries would thereafter rotate on the Rome–Berlin axis, thus creating the term "Axis". The following November saw the ratification of the Anti-Comintern Pact, an anti-communis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality Of Loška Dolina
The Municipality of Loška Dolina (; ) is a municipality in Slovenia. It is part of the Inner Carniola traditional region. Snežnik Castle and Cross Cave are located in the municipality. Its municipal seat is the town of Stari Trg pri Ložu. It borders Croatia. Settlements In addition to the municipal seat of Stari Trg pri Ložu, the municipality also includes the following settlements: * Babna Polica * Babno Polje * Dane, Loška Dolina, Dane * Dolenje Poljane * Iga Vas * Klance * Knežja Njiva * Kozarišče * Lož * Markovec * Nadlesk * Podcerkev * Podgora pri Ložu * Podlož * Pudob * Šmarata * Sveta Ana pri Ložu * Viševek * Vrh, Loška Dolina, Vrh * Vrhnika pri Ložu References External links *Municipality of Loška Dolina on Geopedia Municipality of Loška Dolina, Municipalities of Slovenia, Loska Dolina 1994 e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality Of Bloke
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district. The English word is derived from French , which in turn derives from the Latin , based on the word for social contract (), referring originally to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction, from a sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco, to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes, New York. The territory over which a munici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality Of Cerknica
The Municipality of Cerknica (; ) is a Municipalities of Slovenia, municipality in the Karst Plateau, Karst region of southwestern Slovenia, with a population of 11,350 in 2012. The seat of the municipality is the town of Cerknica. It belongs to the traditional region of Inner Carniola. The best-known landmark of the municipality is Lake Cerknica, an intermittent lake and the largest lake in Slovenia, south of the town of Cerknica. Various watersports including windsurfing are popular on the lake. Settlements In addition to the municipal seat of Cerknica, the municipality also includes the following settlements: * Beč, Cerknica, Beč * Bečaje * Begunje pri Cerknici * Bezuljak * Bločice * Bloška Polica * Brezje, Cerknica, Brezje * Cajnarje * Čohovo * Dobec * Dolenja Vas, Cerknica, Dolenja Vas * Dolenje Jezero * Dolenje Otave * Gora, Cerknica, Gora * Gorenje Jezero * Gorenje Otave * Goričice * Grahovo, Cerknica, Grahovo * Hribljane * Hruškarje * Ivanje Selo * Jeršiče * Kor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality Of Logatec
The Municipality of Logatec (; ) is a Municipalities of Slovenia, municipality in Slovenia. The administrative seat of the municipality is the town of Logatec. It is located roughly in the centre of Inner Carniola, between the capital Ljubljana and Postojna. The area is mostly covered by forests and is known for biking and hiking routes. Settlements In addition to the municipal seat of Logatec, the municipality also includes the following settlements: * Grčarevec * Hleviše * Hlevni Vrh * Hotedršica * Jakovica * Kalce, Logatec, Kalce * Lavrovec * Laze, Logatec, Laze * Medvedje Brdo * Novi Svet * Petkovec * Praprotno Brdo * Ravnik pri Hotedršici * Rovtarske Žibrše * Rovte, Logatec, Rovte * Vrh Svetih Treh Kraljev * Zaplana, Logatec, Zaplana * Žibrše References External links * Municipality of Logatec on Geopedia * {{Authority control Municipality of Logatec, Municipalities in Inner Carniola, Logatec 1994 establishments in Slovenia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inner Carniola
Inner Carniola ( ; ) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the southwestern part of the larger Carniola region. It comprises the Hrušica (plateau), Hrušica karst plateau up to Postojna Gate, bordering the Slovenian Littoral (the Goriška, Gorizia region) in the west. Its administrative and economic center of the region is Postojna, and other minor centers include Vrhnika, Logatec, Cerknica, Pivka, and Ilirska Bistrica. Name The English name ''Inner Carniola'', like the Slovene name ''Notranjska'', is a translation of German ''Innerkrain'', referring to the southwest part of Carniola. The name was created by analogy with ''Inner Austria'' (), referring to the southwestern Habsburg hereditary lands. History Inner Carniola was a ''Circle (administrative division), kreis'' of the Duchy of Carniola, ruled by the archducal House of Habsburg within the Inner Austrian lands starting in the 14th century. The territorial arrangement was described by the scholar Johann Weikhard von Val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Reich
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", referred to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and German Empire (1871–1918). The Third Reich, which the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945, after 12 years, when the Allies defeated Germany and entered the capital, Berlin, ending World War II in Europe. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the Nazi Party began to eliminate political opposition and consolidate power. A 1934 German referendum confirmed Hitler as sole '' Führer'' (leader). Power was centralised in Hitler's person, and his word became the highest law. The government was not a coordinated, coopera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Carniola
Lower Carniola ( ; ) is a traditional region in Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ..., the southeastern part of the historical Carniola region. Its largest town and urban center is Novo Mesto, with other urban centers including Kočevje, Grosuplje, Krško, Trebnje, and Ribnica. Geography Lower Carniola is delineated by the Ljubljana Basin with the city of Ljubljana to the northwest, by the Kolpa River and the border with Croatia with the Gorjanci Mountains to the south and southeast, by the Sava River to the north and northeast, and by Mount Krim, the Bloke Plateau, and the Potok Plateau () to the west. The southernmost region down to the border with Croatia on the Kolpa River is called White Carniola and usually considered part of Lower C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press was the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted a letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it was the oldest university press in the world. Cambridge University Press merged with Cambridge Assessment to form Cambridge University Press and Assessment under Queen Elizabeth II's approval in August 2021. With a global sales presence, publishing hubs, and offices in more than 40 countries, it published over 50,000 titles by authors from over 100 countries. Its publications include more than 420 academic journals, monographs, reference works, school and university textbooks, and English language teaching and learning publications. It also published Bibles, runs a bookshop in Cambridge, sells through Amazon, and has a conference venues business in Cambridge at the Pitt Building and the Sir Geoffrey Cass Sports and Social Centre. It also served as the King's Printer. Cambridge University Press, as part of the University of Cambridge, was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davide Rodogno
Davide Rodogno is a Swiss and Italian historian of humanitarianism, human rights and international organisations since the nineteenth century. He also writes on authoritarian and totalitarian regimes. Rodogno is a professor of international history at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, in Geneva, Switzerland. He was previously an RCUK Academic Fellow at the University of St Andrews and a research fellow at the London School of Economics. In 2005, he received the Italian literary award, Feudo Di Maida Prize (in full, Premio Letterario Internazionale Feudo Di Maida), for his book ''Il nuovo ordine mediterraneo'' (published by Bollati Boringhieri, Turin). The book, a history of Italy's fascist imperial ambitions in the 1940s, was re-published by Cambridge University Press under the title ''Fascism’s European Empire'' (Cambridge University Press, 2006). It has been described as an "illuminating appraisal of Fascist Italy's ambitions" and "pioneering". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emona
Emona (early ) or Aemona (short for ) was a Roman castrum, located in the area where the navigable Nauportus River came closest to Castle Hill,Exhibition catalogue Emona: myth and reality ; Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana 2010 serving the trade between the city's settlers – colonists from the northern part of – and the rest of the empire. Emona was the region's easternmost city,Šašel Kos, M. (2002 "The boundary stone between Aquileia and Emona" Arheološki Vestnik 53, pp. 373–382. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
