Knežak
Knežak is a village on the main road from Postojna to Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. It belongs to the Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 477 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Knezak”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Kalec and Kalec Castle.
Kalec Castle
Castle
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
Kalec Castle is a partially ruined castle in Bač in Slovenia. The castle, of which only a single tower and some sections of wall survive intact, stands on a slope known as Breg, near the source of the Pivka River, at an elevation of 618 m.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Šembije and Podtabor.
Šembije
Village
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
Šembije is a village north of Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.
Podtabor
Hamlet
Podtabor is a small settlement north of Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. Podtabor is situated 2½ km southwest of Knežak.
Zagorje
Village
Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zagorje is a village in the Municipality of Pivka in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Helena and belongs to the Koper Diocese. Zagorje is situated 2½ km northwest of Knežak.
Knežak
- Categories: human settlement, cultural heritage site in Slovenia, and locality
- Location: Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.62474° or 45° 37′ 29″ northLongitude
14.24487° or 14° 14′ 42″ eastPopulation
477Elevation
586 metres (1,923 feet)United Nations Location Code
SI IB3Open location code
8FQPJ6FV+VWOpenStreetMap ID
node 270530452OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Knežak” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Knežak”
- Cebuano: “Knežak”
- Chechen: “Кнежак”
- Croatian: “Knežak”
- Dutch: “Knežak”
- French: “Knežak”
- German: “Grafenbrunn”
- Irish: “Knežak”
- Italian: “Fontana del Conte”
- Macedonian: “Кнежак”
- Polish: “Knežak”
- Romanian: “Knežak”
- Russian: “Кнежак”
- Serbian: “Кнежак”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Knežak”
- Slovenian: “Knežak”
- Tatar: “Кнежак”
- Ukrainian: “Кнежак”
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