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Historical Secrets
Jurij Japelj, Blaž Kumerdej, The Bible of the New Testament, II. Part, 1786
Japelj's most important work was a new translation of the Bible into Slovene language. He started in 1783 and invited the teacher Blaž Kumerdej, who was considered the best connoisseur of Slovene language, to participate. They took the oldest Latin translation and the Dalmatian Bible as a basis. ...
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From the first years of the Kamnik Museum
On December 4, 1961, the Kamnik Museum was established. The Renaissance-Baroque castle complex Zaprice was intended for its operation, but it was in a rather poor condition when it was taken over, as there were still apartments in it. Ever since 1963, the buildings in the castle complex have ...
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Fortunat Bergant (1721-1769)
Fortunat Bergant was born in 1721 in Mekinje near Kamnik and died in 1769 in Ljubljana. He belongs to the second generation of Carniolan Baroque painters, and he was only engaged in table painting. He had great support in the nobility of the time (the Codelli and Erberg families), which was also ...
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Dušan Lipovec (1952- 2005)
Painter and publicist Dušan Lipovec was born in Kamnik. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana (Ljubljana, 1977, Prof. Andrej Jemec), and continued his studies in Canada. He preserved the picturesque image of Kamnik, with its characteristic Small and Old Castles, in ...
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Symbolism of Easter
Symbolism of Easter and Easter dishes The dishes that represent the symbolism of Easter and are blessed on Holy Saturday are: RED EGGS: symbolize a drop of Christ's blood, HORSERADISH: the symbol of the nail with which Christ was nailed to the cross, POTICA: symbolizes Christ's crown ...
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Easter
Easter Easter (Vuzem) is the most important Christian holiday. Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead on the third day after his burial following his crucifixion by the Roman governor of roman prov. Judea Potius Pilate c. 30 AD. Easter is a holiday of joy and hope for ...
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All the best, Rudolf Maister!
The big man, who stands on one leg in front of his birth house - which children often marvel at - has stood firm on both in his life. He was born on March 29, 1874 in this house on Šutna, in one of the then Kamnik suburbs. I remember how the silhouettes, which were placed in front of Maister's ...
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When there was a cinema in Kamnik
In 1953, the Chemical industry Kamnik built the central temple of Kamnik's living cultural creativity. Until the beginning of the 1990s, Cinema center Kamnik was important primarily as the central Kamnik cinema and the venue for subscription theater events. The workers deliberately gave up part of ...
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What is a medieval toll?
At the end of the 12th and the beginning of the 13th century, Kamnik was created and developed along one of the most important traffic routes, which connected the eastern and western part of Slovenian territory, the Pannonian and coastal worlds, playing a decisive role in the introduction of this ...
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90th anniversary of cross-country skiing in Kamnik
On January 2, 1931, a ski section was established at the Kamnik Sports Club. Ivo Kumer, a versatile athlete, was elected president. He was one of the first in Kamnik to be involved in cross-country skiing, occasional ski jumping, cross-country, cycling and boxing. Among the first goals they set ...
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