Turjak

For the village in Iran, see Turjak, Iran.

Turjak
Turjak Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°52′40.96″N 14°36′35.21″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Central Slovenia
Municipality	Velike Lašče
Area
• Total	2.3 km^2 (0.9 sq mi)
Elevation	519.5 m (1,704.4 ft)
Population  (2018)
• Total	205
[1]

Turjak (pronounced [tuˈɾjaːk]; German: Auersperg[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Velike Lašče in central Slovenia. The entire municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Castles

Turjak Castle

Ruins of Old Turjak Castle

Turjak is best known as the location of Turjak Castle, a large 13th-century castle, greatly rebuilt in the early 16th century, one of the best-known and best-preserved castles in all of Carniola.[4]

The ruins of a smaller and older castle known as stari grad Turjak 'Old Turjak Castle' stand on a rocky promontory above the Želimlje Valley. It was probably built by the end of the 11th century and was the original residence of the Auersperg family, predating the better-known castle just to the southeast.[5][6]

Gallery

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  Turjak in 1907

References

1. "Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia". Stat.si. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 46.
3. "Velike Lašče municipal site". Velike-lasce.si. 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
4. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 790
5. Jakič, Ivan (1995). Gradovi, graščine in dvorci na Slovenskem. Radovljica: Didakta.
6. Jakič, Ivan (1997). Vsi slovenski gradovi: leksikon slovenske grajske zapuščine. Ljubljana: DZS. p. 347.

External links

• Media related to Turjak at Wikimedia Commons
• Turjak on Geopedia