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Municipality of Sodražica

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Country
  
Slovenia

Capital
  
Sodražica

Postal code
  
1317 Sodražica

Area
  
49.5 km²

Re-established
  
1998

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+01)

Website
  
Občina Sodražica

Population
  
2,164 (2011)

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The Municipality of Sodražica (Slovene: Občina Sodražica) is a municipality in the Lower Carniola region of Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Sodražica. It is included in the Southeast Slovenia statistical region. It borders the municipalities of Ribnica, Velike Lašče, Bloke, and Loški Potok.

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In Austro-Hungary, and also in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Sodražica was an independent municipality, until the creation of Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia. It became an independent municipality once again in 1998 with the exclusion from Municipality of Ribnica.

Historically, the inhabitants made woodenware (Slovene: suha roba), especially sieve rims, buckets, spoons, rakes and wicker baskets. The woodenware was sold to Ribnica pedlars (ribniški krošnjarji) who then travelled around the world, selling the woodenware.

Notable people

  • Karlo Adamič (1887–1945), composer, organist, and conductor
  • Mihael Arko (1857–1938), priest, publicist, and representative in Austrian assembly
  • France Gorše (1897–1986), academic sculptor
  • Tone Košmrlj (1959–), founder and the former bass player in Pop Design
  • Franc Mihelič (1949–), musician, and founder of Franc Mihelič Ensemble (Ansambel Franca Miheliča)
  • Matija Mrače (1866–1903), translator
  • Ivan Prijatelj (1875–1937), literary historian, university professor, translator, and essayist. The primary school in Sodražica bears his name: "Osnovna šola dr. Ivana Prijatelja Sodražica" (Ivan Prijatelj Sodražica Elementary School).

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    Municipality of Sodražica Wikipedia
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