Muljava

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Muljava
Josip Jurčič's birth house in Muljava
Muljava
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°54′6.61″N 14°47′55.25″E / 45.9018361°N 14.7986806°E / 45.9018361; 14.7986806Coordinates: 45°54′6.61″N 14°47′55.25″E / 45.9018361°N 14.7986806°E / 45.9018361; 14.7986806
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Central Slovenia
Municipality Ivančna Gorica
Elevation 319.3 m (1,047.6 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 270
[1]

Muljava (German: Mulau)[2] is a village in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia statistical region.[3]

The local church is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Parish of Krka.[4]

Muljava is best known as the birthplace of the Slovene writer Josip Jurčič and the house in which he was born is now a small museum.[5]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 100.
  3. Ivančna Gorica municipal site
  4. "EŠD 474". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovene). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 21 July 2011. 
  5. "EŠD 9814". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovene). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 21 July 2011. 

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