{"id":3488,"date":"2023-01-22T16:30:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T15:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apartmaji-galunder.si\/uncategorized\/memorial-room-of-dr-fran-kovacic\/"},"modified":"2024-01-29T13:36:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T12:36:03","slug":"memorial-room-of-dr-fran-kovacic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apartmaji-galunder.si\/en\/attractions\/memorial-room-of-dr-fran-kovacic\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial room of Dr. Fran Kova\u010di\u010d"},"content":{"rendered":"

The memorial room (also in the Cultural Centre) and the bust of Dr. Fran Kova\u010di\u010d, erected by the people of Ver\u017eej on the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great native (in 1967).<\/p>\n

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He attended high school in Vara\u017edin and Zagreb, theology in Zagreb and Maribor. He was ordained a priest in 1894 at St. George in Slovenske gorice. He served from August to the end of 1894 as a chaplain and until May 11, 1895 as a provisor in Spodnja Polskava, then until autumn as a provisor in Studenice. From the fall of 1895 to June 1897, he studied philosophy in Rome, where he graduated and received his doctorate at the Dominican University of St. Maria supra Minervam. Then he was an auxiliary priest in Studenice. On October 1, 1897, he was employed as a full-time professor of philosophy and fundamental theology at the Maribor Theological Seminary .<\/p>\n

In addition to philosophical and theological work, he devoted himself to the study of history; in this function, he participated as an expert on the ethnic border as part of the Yugoslav diplomatic delegation at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.<\/p>\n

Between 1897 and 1909, he was the editor of the theological journal, Leader in Theological Sciences. As a censor, he evaluated new Prekmurian Catholic devotional books, such as Pray brothers! Jo\u017eef Radoha and Jo\u017eef Sakovi\u010d. Being a Prlek, he understood Prekmurian well and supported the publication of Prekmurian books. On September 24, 1937, the Municipality of Maribor awarded him the first Slom\u0161ko Prize as a “nestor of Maribor’s cultural workers” .<\/p>\n

On the anniversary of his birth, since 1997, Kova\u010di\u0107 memorial evenings have been held in Ver\u017eej, a traditional event that takes place every year in the month of March. His bust stands in the middle of Ver\u017eej. In the premises of the Cultural Society of Slavko Osterec, you cann visit his memorial room, which this society also takes care of.<\/p>\n

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Works:<\/p>\n

Ob\u010dna metafizika ali Ontologija. Maribor: Cirilova tiskarna, 1905. Maribor: Tiskarna sv. Cirila, 1930 (2. izd.).
\nTrg Sredi\u0161\u010de: krajepis in zgodovina: z zemljevidom sredi\u0161ke ob\u010dine, z desetimi slikami v tekstu in 24 tablicami. Maribor: Zgodovinsko dru\u0161tvo, 1910.
\nSlovenska \u0160tajerska in Prekmurje: zgodovinski opis. Ljubljana: Matica Slovenska, 1926.
\nLjutomer: zgodovina trga in sreza. Maribor: Zgodovinsko dru\u0161tvo, 1926.
\nZgodovina Lavantinske \u0161kofije (1228-1928). Ob 700 letnici njene ustanovitve. Maribor: Lavantinski kn. \u0161k. ordinaria, 1928.
\nKritika ali noetika: nauk o spoznanju. Maribor: Tiskarna Sv. Cirila, 1930.
\nSlu\u017eabnik bo\u017eji Anton Martin Slom\u0161ek: knezo\u0161kof lavantinski. Celje: Dru\u017eba sv. Mohorja, 1934. Buenos Aires: Baragovo misijoni\u0161\u010de, 1962 (2. izd.).<\/p>\n

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