Dolnja Košana
Place in Inner Carniola, Slovenia
45°39′54.94″N 14°7′25.2″E / 45.6652611°N 14.123667°E / 45.6652611; 14.123667 (2002)
Dolnja Košana (pronounced [ˈdoːlnja kɔˈʃaːna], in older sources Dolenja Košana,[2] German: Unterkoschana[2]) is a village west of Pivka in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]
The Košana parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Stephen and belongs to the Koper Diocese.[4]
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Dolnja Košana include:
- Franc Šturm (1881–1944), linguist, translator, and communist activist[5]
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ a b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 136.
- ^ Pivka municipal site
- ^ Koper Diocese list of churches Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Franc Šturm." Slovenski biografski leksikon. (in Slovene)
External links
- Media related to Dolnja Košana at Wikimedia Commons
- Dolnja Košana on Geopedia
- Košana Local Community site
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Municipality of Pivka
Administrative seat: Pivka
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- Kalec Castle
- Pivka Basin
- Pivka Military History Park
- Šilentabor Castle