Kalobje

Kalobje (pronounced [ˈkaːlɔbjɛ]) is a village in the Municipality of Šentjur, in eastern Slovenia. The settlement, and the entire municipality, are included in the Savinja Statistical Region, which is in the Slovenian portion of the historical Duchy of Styria.[4]

Kalobje
Kalobje is located in Slovenia
Kalobje
Kalobje
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°10′10.06″N 15°23′34.02″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionStyria
Statistical regionSavinja
MunicipalityŠentjur
Area
 • Total0.56 km2 (0.22 sq mi)
Elevation
600 m (2,000 ft)
Population
 (2020)[1][2]
 • Total81
 • Density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
[3]

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Holy Name of Mary and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It was originally a 16th-century building that was restyled in the 17th and 18th centuries.[5]

Kalobje is known for the Kalobje manuscript (Slovene: Kalobški rokopis), an important collection of Slovenian Baroque poetry.[6][7]

References
  1. Razpotnik, Barica (2020-06-08). "On 1 January 2020, 2,095,861 residents of Slovenia lived in 5,978 settlements; 57 settlements were unpopulated" (Press release). Ljubljana: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 2021-01-09. final data (XLS attachment)
  2. Prebivalci po spolu, občine in naselja, Slovenija, 1. januar 2020 [Population by sex, municipalities and resorts, Slovenia, 1 January 2020]. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (XLS) (in Slovenian). Ljubljana. 2020-06-08. Retrieved 2021-01-09. (note: for Šentjur, the municipality is at code 120, followed immediately by its settlements at codes 120001–120121)
  3. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  4. Šentjur municipal site Archived 2011-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 3053
  6. Legiša, Lino. 1973. Liber Cantionum Carniolicarum. Kalobški rokopis. Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovensko literaturo in literarne vede (Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti).
  7. Sever, Jože. 1989. Obdobje baroka v slovenskem jeziku, književnosti in kulturi. Ljubljana: Filozofska fakulteta, pp. 221 ff.
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