Ribnica, Ribnica
Ribnica ( German: Reifnitz ) is a city and a municipality in the Lower Carniola region of Slovenia.
In the overall community consisting of 63 villages and hamlets 9326 people live. The city Ribnica alone has 3480 inhabitants. The municipality is situated approximately 40 km south of Ljubljana. It is one of the oldest towns in Slovenia. Your name is derived from Riba ( slowenisch. fish).
In Ribnica the pottery and the wood handicraft products have an ancient tradition. The origin received this tradition, as Frederick III. in 1492 the inhabitants of Ribnica free trade allowed with homemade products. In each year there is a widely known wood and pottery market on the first Sunday of September.
Worth seeing are the well-preserved remains of the castle was first mentioned in 1263 Ribnica, which was destroyed in World War II in part. The parish church, renovated according to plans by Plečnik after the Second World War, is worth seeing with its two bell towers.
Districts of the total community
Andol, Blate, Breg pri Ribnici, Pretzel, Brinovščica, Bukovec pri Poljanah, Bukovica, Dane, Dolenja vas, Dolenje Podpoljane, Dolenji Lazi, Dule, Črnec, Crni Potok pri Velikih Laščah, Finkovo , Gašpinovo, Gorenje Podpoljane, Gorenji Lazi, Gorica vas, Digging, Grčarice, Grčarske Ravne Grebenje, Grič, Hojče, Hrovača, Hudi Konec, Jelenov Žleb, Junčje, Jurjevica, Kot pri Rakitnici, Kot pri Ribnici, Krnče, Levstiki, Lipovec, Makoše, Marolče, Maršiči, Nemška vas, Ortnek, Otavice, Perovo, Praproče, Prigorica, Pugled pri Karlovici, Pusti Hrib Rakitnica, Ribnica Rigelj pri Ortneku, Sajevec, Slatnik, Susje, Sv. Gregor, Velike Poljane Vintarji, Vrh pri Poljanah, Zadniki, Zadolje, Zapuže pri Ribnici, Zlati rep, Škrajnek, Žlebič, Žukovo
Personalities
- Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591), composer
- Bojan Adamič (1912-1995), composer and conductor