Turjak
Turjak is located in Slovenia
Turjak
Turjak
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°52′40.96″N 14°36′35.21″E / 45.8780444°N 14.6097806°E / 45.8780444; 14.6097806
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityVelike Lašče
Area
 • Total2.3 km2 (0.9 sq mi)
Elevation
519.5 m (1,704.4 ft)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total205
[1]

Turjak (pronounced [tuˈɾjaːk]; German: Auersperg[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Velike Lašče in central Slovenia. The entire municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Castles

Turjak Castle
Ruins of Old Turjak Castle

Turjak is best known as the location of Turjak Castle, a large 13th-century castle, greatly rebuilt in the early 16th century, one of the best-known and best-preserved castles in all of Carniola.[4]

The ruins of a smaller and older castle known as stari grad Turjak 'Old Turjak Castle' stand on a rocky promontory above the Želimlje Valley. It was probably built by the end of the 11th century and was the original residence of the Auersperg family, predating the better-known castle just to the southeast.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia". Stat.si. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
  2. ↑ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 46.
  3. ↑ "Velike Lašče municipal site". Velike-lasce.si. 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
  4. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 790
  5. ↑ Jakič, Ivan (1995). Gradovi, graščine in dvorci na Slovenskem. Radovljica: Didakta.
  6. ↑ Jakič, Ivan (1997). Vsi slovenski gradovi: leksikon slovenske grajske zapuščine. Ljubljana: DZS. p. 347.
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