Carniola (Slovenia)
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Name (Hebrew)
קרניולה (סלובניה)
Name (Latin)
Carniola (Slovenia)
Other forms of name
Crain (Slovenia)
Krain (Slovenia)
Kranjska (Slovenia)
Carniola
Krain (Duchy)
Kranj (Duchy)
Vojvodina Kranjska
Associated country
Slovenia
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online, Oct. 13, 2006(Kranjska, region, Slovenia; Lat. Carniola; historic region, NW and central Slovenia. The 1st known inhabitants, a Celtic tribe called the Carni, were displaced by the Romans, who made Carniola part of their prov. of Pannonia. Later inc. into Charlemagne's empire. Under Austrian Hapsburg rule (1282-1918); made (1364) a titular duchy and, eventually, a crown land (1849). Ljubljana was its chief city. Divided after World War I bet. Italy and Yugoslavia, but the Ital. part passed to the former Yugoslavia in 1947)
- Die Ehre des Herzogthums Krain, 1877-1879(reprint of 1689 ed.; uses older spelling Crain throughout)
- Encyclopedia Britannica WWW site, Oct. 13, 2006(Carniola, German Krain, Slovenian Kranjska; western region of Slovenia; belonged to a series of ecclesiastical and lay princely houses until 1335 when it became a possession of the Austrian Habsburgs, who held it with only brief interruption until 1918; in 1918 most of Carniola was attached to the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, later called Yugoslavia; after 1947 Carniola was located entirely within Slovenia)
- Wikipedia WWW site, Oct. 13, 2006(Carniola (Slovenian: Kranjska; German: Krain), traditional and historical region of Slovenia. As part of Austria-Hungary, the region was a crown land officially known as the Duchy of Carniola (Vojvodstvo Kranjsko/Herzogtum Krain) until 1918; subdivided into Upper Carniola, Lower Carniola (with White Carniola), and Inner Carniola)