Radovljica

Radovljica
Town

Old town
Radovljica

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°20′33.06″N 14°10′19.48″E / 46.3425167°N 14.1720778°E / 46.3425167; 14.1720778Coordinates: 46°20′33.06″N 14°10′19.48″E / 46.3425167°N 14.1720778°E / 46.3425167; 14.1720778
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Upper Carniola
Statistical region Upper Carniola
Municipality Radovljica
Area
 • Total 4.9 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
Elevation 491.2 m (1,611.5 ft)
Population (2012)
 • Total 5,922
[1]

Radovljica (pronounced [ɾaˈdoːu̯ljitsa]; German: Radmannsdorf) is a town in the Upper Carniola region of northern Slovenia. It is the administrative seat of the Municipality of Radovljica.[2]

Geography

The town is located on the southern slope of the Karawanks mountain range, about 6 km (3.7 mi) of Lake Bled at the confluence of the Sava Dolinka and the Sava Bohinjka, both headwaters of the Sava river.

Radovljica station is a stop on the Tarvisio–Ljubljana Railway line.

History

Portal of St Peter's Church

The settlement around a church built at the behest of the Patriarchs of Aquileia in the March of Carniola was first mentioned in a 1296 deed, it received market rights from Duke Henry of Carinthia in 1333. In the 14th century it was held by the Carinthian Counts of Ortenburg, was inherited by the Counts of Celje in 1418, and, upon the death of Count Ulrich II of Celje in 1456, fell to the Habsburg Emperor Frederick III.

With the Duchy of Carniola, Radovljica was incorporated into the Inner Austrian lands of the Habsburg Monarchy and received city rights. From 1867 until 1918, the town's post office used the bilingual name Radmannsdorf - Radovljica. The town was in the Cisleithanian (Austrian) side of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after the Compromise of 1867 and the administrative capital of a district of the same name, one of the 11 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in the crown land of Carniola.[3]

Mass grave

Radovljica is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Andrejc Field Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Andrejčevo polje) is located in a meadow in the middle of a back-filled trench west of the settlement, between the road to Lesce and the railroad. It contains the remains of two unidentified prisoners from the former prison in Radovljica.[4]

Notable people

Thurn Castle and presbytery

Notable people that were born or lived in Radovljica include:

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Radovljica municipal site (Slovene)
  3. ↑ Klein, Wilhelm. 1967. Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890.
  4. ↑ Andrejc Field Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
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