Prestranek

Place in Inner Carniola, Slovenia
45°43′50.64″N 14°10′57.94″E / 45.7307333°N 14.1827611°E / 45.7307333; 14.1827611Country SloveniaTraditional regionInner CarniolaStatistical regionLittoral–Inner CarniolaMunicipalityPostojnaArea
 • Total3.88 km2 (1.50 sq mi)Elevation
545 m (1,788 ft)Population
 (2002)
 • Total724[1]

Prestranek (pronounced [pɾɛˈstɾaːnək]; German: Pröstranegg,[2] Italian: Prestrane) is a settlement south of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]

Prestranek Castle

Prestranek Castle

Prestranek is the location of Prestranek Castle, also known as the Edling Manor (Slovene: Edlingov dvorec),[4] an estate first mentioned in written sources in 1581. In 1728 it was bought by Emperor Charles VI and managed together with the Lipica stud farm. It operated as a royal farm until the First World War, when it was taken over by the army. After the Second World War it was again revived as part of the Lipica Estate. In the 1990s it was privatized, and it now operates as an equestrian centre.[5]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 136.
  3. ^ Postojna municipal site
  4. ^ "Prestranek – Grad Prestranek". Register kulturne dediščine RKD. Ministrstvo za kulturo Republike Slovenije. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  5. ^ Slovenian Tourist Board site

External links

  • Media related to Prestranek at Wikimedia Commons
  • Prestranek on Geopedia
  • Prestranek Castle Equestrian Centre site


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