Kamna Gorica
Kamna Gorica is located in Slovenia
Kamna Gorica
Kamna Gorica
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°19′2.6″N 14°11′37.98″E / 46.317389°N 14.1938833°E / 46.317389; 14.1938833
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionUpper Carniola
MunicipalityRadovljica
Elevation
538 m (1,765 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total527
[1]

Kamna Gorica (pronounced [ˈkaːmna ɡɔˈɾiːtsa]) is a village in the Municipality of Radovljica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Church

Holy Trinity Church

The local church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was built in 1652 and enlarged in 1754. It has two altar paintings by Matevž Langus.[2]

Mineral spring

A major quarry is located to the southwest of the village. Next to it, there is a chalybeate (iron-rich) water spring. According to the locals, it strengthens male potency, which has been extensively reported about by the prominent journalist Tone Fornezzi.[3][4]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Kamna Gorica include:

  • Karl Josef Kappus (born 1668), lawyer, member of Academia operosorum Labacensium
  • Johannes Andreas Kappus (c. 1648–1713), Jesuit
  • Marcus Antonius Kappus (1657–1717), missionary
  • Vladimir Kapus (1885–1943), journalist, writer
  • Leopold Kordeš (1808–1879), journalist, writer, poet
  • Matevž Langus (1792–1855), painter
  • Franc Megušar (1876–1916), zoologist
  • Lovro Pogačnik (1880–1919), politician
  • Franc Pretnar (1912–1988), scales technician, precision mechanic, inventor, innovator, engraver
  • Aleksander Toman (1851–1931), agronomist, journalist
  • Lovro Toman (1827–1870), politician
  • Blaž Tomaževič (1909–1986), literary historian, teacher
  • Jožef Tomažovič Sr. (1774–1847), musician, teacher
  • Jernej Uršič (1784–1860), national awakener, priest
  • Ivan Varl (1923–1979), painter
  • Ignacij Zupan (1853–1915), pipe organ builder

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ National Gallery of Slovenia site
  3. ↑ Hieng, Primož (4 March 2022). "V teh 5 slovenskih krajih izvira zdravilna železna voda" [In These Five Slovenian Towns, the Healing Iron Water Springs]. Onaplus (in Slovenian).
  4. ↑ "Mar pod smrekami res izvira moška voda?" [Is there Really The Men's Water Springing up Under the Spruce Trees?]. Dnevnik.si (in Slovenian). 29 July 2009.


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