Križ, Komenda

Križ (pronounced [ˈkɾiːʃ]; German: Kreuz) is a village in the Municipality of Komenda in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Castle

Križ Castle (Slovene: grad Križ) or Križ Manor (Slovene: Kriška graščina) used to stand on a small hill above the settlement. It was built in the second half of the 16th century. The castle was burned down and demolished by the Partisans in November 1943. It contained many valuable works of art; some were burned by the Partisans and others were looted.

Church

The local church is dedicated to Saint Paul.

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Križ

Križ is a village and a municipality of western Moslavina, located southeast from Zagreb, near Ivanić-Grad. In the 2011 Croatian census, the population of the Križ municipality numbers 6,963 people, with 1,821 residents in the village itself.

Settlements

The total municipality population is 6,963, distributed in the following settlements:

History

Križ is an historic place and centre of "Ivanić region". The history of Križ, or "Križ pod Obedom" as it was once called, is closely tied to the history of "Ivanić Grad and Kloštar Ivanić", even though Križ has some unique roots, too. As customary in the past, the place was named after a sacral monument – the church of the Assumption of the Holy Cross. "Križ" (meaning Cross) is indirectly mentioned for the first time in 1334 when it was recorded as one of Zagreb Diocese parishes.

KRI

KRI, kri, or Kri may refer to:

Križ (disambiguation)

Križ (cross in several Slavic languages) may refer to:

Komenda

Komenda (pronounced [kɔˈmɛːnda]; German: Commenda) is a village in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Komenda. It includes the formerly independent settlement of Kaplja Vas (Slovene: Kapla vas, German: Kaplawas).

Name

Komenda was first mentioned in written sources in 1147–54 as de sancto Petro (and as hospitale Sancti Petri in 1296, in der pharren von Sand Peter in 1322, and comendator ad S. Petrum in 1446). The name of the village is identical to the Slovene common noun komenda 'commandry', referring to a property and residence owned by the Knights Hospitaller from 1223 to 1872. The noun komenda is borrowed (probably via German Kommende) from Medieval Latin commenda 'entrusted property'. In the past the German name was Commenda.

Mass grave

Komenda is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Svešek Alder Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Sveščeva jelša) is located at the edge of the Svešek Alder Woods (Sveščeva Jelša) along a forest road northwest of Žeje pri Komendi. It contains the remains of 10 to 15 prisoners from Kamnik murdered in May and June 1945. Their nationalities and whether they were soldiers or civilians is unknown.

Komenda (disambiguation)

Komenda may refer to:

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