Geography and Nature

Geography And Nature

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  1. Complete the sentence about Ljubljanica with the correct year: In ______, to help curb this trend, Slovenia's national parliament declared the river a site of cultural importance and banned diving in…
  2. Complete the sentence about Carinthia with the correct year: In ______, there was relatively high unemployment, 10.5% in the mining town of Črna na Koroškem and 11.8% in Ravne na Koroškem, known for i…
  3. Complete the sentence about Gorizia with the correct year: Since May ______, these three towns have been joined in a common trans-border metropolitan zone, administered by a joint administration board…
  4. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, the historian Bojan Godeša published a peer-reviewed discussion about the name.
  5. Complete the sentence about Škofja Loka with the correct year: Laws were passed against the new religion, and a Counter-Reformation committee was convened at the castle in ______, resulting in the bur…
  6. Complete the sentence about Škofja Loka with the correct year: Škofja Loka was occupied by Italian forces on 13 April ______.
  7. Complete the sentence about Kamnik with the correct year: The first time it was mentioned as a town was in ______, when it was an important trading post on the road between Ljubljana and Celje.
  8. Complete the sentence about Novo Mesto with the correct year: Graben Castle on the Krka River, ancestral seat of the noble House of Graben von Stein, was first mentioned in an ______ deed.
  9. Complete the sentence about Novo Mesto with the correct year: The town itself was founded by the Habsburg archduke Rudolf IV of Austria on 7 April ______ as Rudolfswerth.
  10. Complete the sentence about Novo Mesto with the correct year: During World War II, the city was controlled by Fascist Italy as part of the Province of Ljubljana until Mussolini's downfall in ______.
  11. Complete the sentence about Velenje with the correct year: The city of Velenje was officially opened on September 20, ______, according to a unified construction plan.
  12. Complete the sentence about Idrija with the correct year: Together with the Spanish mine at Almadén, it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since ______.
  13. Complete the sentence about Idrija with the correct year: In ______, Idrija was given the Alpine Town of the Year award.
  14. Complete the sentence about Ptujska Gora with the correct year: In ______, after the arrival of the Minorites, the current name of the settlement came into use.
  15. Complete the sentence about Bela krajina with the correct year: When the dynasty became extinct in ______, its possessions passed to the Carniolan margraves of the House of Andechs, whose members styl…
  16. Complete the sentence about Bela krajina with the correct year: In ______, the territory formed part of the dowry of Agnes of Merania upon her marriage to Frederick II of Austria, the last ruler of th…
  17. Complete the sentence about Bela krajina with the correct year: When Ulrich died in ______, his possessions were inherited by his cousin Ottokar II of Bohemia.
  18. Complete the sentence about Vršič Pass with the correct year: From ______ to World War II, the Vršič Pass marked the border between Italy and Yugoslavia.
  19. Complete the sentence about Vršič Pass with the correct year: After ______, together with the Upper Isonzo Valley north of Gorizia, both sides of the pass were incorporated into Yugoslavia, and later…
  20. Complete the sentence about Vršič Pass with the correct year: The road was greatly improved in late ______ to supply the Isonzo Front of World War I, and it was originally named after Archduke Eugen o…
  21. Complete the sentence about Mojstrana with the correct year: Since 7 August ______, Mojstrana has housed the Slovenian Alpine Museum, which presents the tradition of mountaineering in Slovenia.
  22. Complete the sentence about Rakov Škocjan with the correct year: An inn offering accommodation and a number of vacation houses were built in what is now Rakov Škocjan in ______.
  23. Complete the sentence about Rakov Škocjan with the correct year: The settlement of Rakov Škocjan was formally established in ______, when its territory was separated from the settlement of Slivice.
  24. Complete the sentence about Debeli Rtič with the correct year: The Vinakoper company maintains a tradition of cabernet-growing since ______.
  25. Complete the sentence about Kostanjevica na Krki with the correct year: The name of the settlement was changed from Kostanjevica to Kostanjevica na Krki in ______.
  26. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, it was recognised by the National Assembly as a town.
  27. Complete the sentence about Pleterje Charterhouse with the correct year: In ______ an Ottoman raid destroyed the buildings, which were reconstructed in a much stronger and more easily defensible manne…
  28. Complete the sentence about Pleterje Charterhouse with the correct year: After a long period of decline Archduke Ferdinand II of Inner Austria gave the monastery in ______ to the Jesuits of Ljubljana.
  29. Complete the sentence about Pleterje Charterhouse with the correct year: When the Jesuits were suppressed in ______, Pleterje became state property.
  30. Complete the sentence about Pleterje Charterhouse with the correct year: In ______ the Carthusians reacquired the site and began construction of a new monastery, which was completed five years later.
  31. Complete the sentence about Pleterje Charterhouse with the correct year: During World War II, the charterhouse suffered severe damage when it was set on fire by Communist Partisans on February 21, ___…
  32. Complete the sentence about Žiče Charterhouse with the correct year: The first emergency Charterhouse buildings were built until at least ______.
  33. Complete the sentence about Olimje Monastery with the correct year: Around ______, a Count Tattenbach rebuilt the castle in renaissance style, at the same time adding a defensive ditch to guard agains…
  34. Complete the sentence about Olimje Monastery with the correct year: In ______, the monk Ivan Ranger painted the entire presbytery, and a side chapel was built and decorated.
  35. Complete the sentence about Olimje Monastery with the correct year: The sanctuary and parish were given to the Conventual Franciscans in ______.
  36. Complete the sentence about Rogaška Slatina with the correct year: A document from the Archbishopric of Salzburg dating from ______ mentions a Roman stone next to a spring in the settlement.
  37. Complete the sentence about Rogaška Slatina with the correct year: The chemist Adolf Režek set up a small chemistry laboratory in Rogaška Slatina in ______ and published various material about the tow…
  38. Complete the sentence about Rogaška Slatina with the correct year: The Wehrmacht's 132nd infantry division entered the spa on April 11, ______, only five days after the invasion of Yugoslavia.
  39. Complete the sentence about Radenci with the correct year: Since ______ it has been the seat and the largest settlement of the Municipality of Radenci.
  40. Complete the sentence about Moravske Toplice with the correct year: The Hungarian name was derived from the Slovenian; it was recorded as Maracz in ______.
  41. Complete the sentence about Moravske Toplice with the correct year: The village was owned by the Széchy family until the extinction of their Felső-Lendva branch in ______.
  42. Complete the sentence about Moravske Toplice with the correct year: Through their female descendants, the estate passed to the Batthyány family in ______.
  43. Complete the sentence about Bled Island with the correct year: Emperor Henry II, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, enjoyed the lake so much that he built Bled Castle in ______ to confer it as an estate.
  44. Complete the sentence about Ljubljana Zoo with the correct year: Ljubljana Zoo was established on 10 March ______ by the city board of Ljubljana.
  45. Complete the sentence about Ljubljana Zoo with the correct year: In ______ a pair of Siberian cranes arrived and in the other part of zoo 40 greater flamingo were placed.
  46. Complete the sentence about Tivoli Park, Ljubljana with the correct year: In ______, Austrian sculptors in a Moravian foundry designed four cast-iron dogs that stand in front of the castle.
  47. Complete the sentence about Tivoli Park, Ljubljana with the correct year: The mansion was built in ______, commissioned by Leopold Lamberg and based on plans by the Viennese Baroque architect Fischer…
  48. Complete the sentence about Tivoli Park, Ljubljana with the correct year: The complex, based on plans by the architect Marjan Božič and the engineer Stanko Bloudek, was opened in ______.
  49. Which place completes this sentence about Vršič Pass? The road through the pass rises from ______, traverses the top of the Vršič Pass, and descends into the Soča Valley, via a series of 50 hairpin be…
  50. Which place completes this sentence about Rakov Škocjan? Like other settlements named ______, the name is a contraction of *šent Kǫcьjanъ 'Saint Cantianus', referring to the patron saint of the local…
  51. Which place completes this sentence about Rakov Škocjan? Cantianus's Church was built above the Rakov ______ Valley in the late Gothic style.
  52. Which place completes this sentence about Rakov Škocjan? An inn offering accommodation and a number of vacation houses were built in what is now Rakov ______ in 1963.
  53. Which place completes this sentence about Rakov Škocjan? The settlement of Rakov ______ was formally established in 1988, when its territory was separated from the settlement of Slivice.
  54. Which place completes this sentence about Vintgar Gorge? A hydroelectric dam has also been built below the gorge and an arch railway bridge for the ______ Railway.
  55. Which place completes this sentence about Lake Bohinj? As found out already by Belsazar Hacquet in the 18th century, much more water leaves Lake ______ than enters it, which is explained with subterra…
  56. Which place completes this sentence about Vršič Pass? The road through the pass rises from Kranjska Gora, traverses the top of the Vršič Pass, and descends into the ______, via a series of 50 hairpin…

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