Brdo pri Kranju

Brdo Egg
Basic data
Country	Slovenia
Historic region	Upper Carniola / Gorenjska
Statistical region	Gorenjska (Upper Carniola)
local community	Kranj
Coordinates	46 ° 16 '  N , 14 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 16 '23 "  N , 14 ° 22' 38"  E
height	400  m. i. J.
Telephone code	(+386) 4
Post Code	4000
License Plate	KR
Structure and administration
Website	www.kranj.si

Brdo pri Kranju (German Egg bei Krainburg ) is a small town north-west of the Slovenian capital Ljubljana (German: Laibach) in the Upper Carniola in the municipality of the town of Kranj (German: Krainburg) with a Renaissance castle and large parks.

location

Brdo is located about ten kilometers from Ljubljana Brnik International Airport and about 30 kilometers from Ljubljana.

Brdo Castle

Brdo pri Kranju Castle

Today's Brdo Castle was built around 1510 by the Carniolan nobleman Georg (Jurij) Egkh, the general administrator of the Habsburg estates in the Duchy of Carniola . It was originally built in the Renaissance style, but has been redesigned frequently since then. In the 18th century the Zois family bought the castle and it remained in their possession until 1928 (see: Michelangelo von Zois ). Then resided there u. a. the Yugoslav royal family.

After the communist seizure of power in Yugoslavia in 1945 , the castle was confiscated and from then on served Josip Broz Tito , Prime Minister until 1953, then President until his death, as a summer residence.

After Tito's death in 1980, the property became the property of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia and after Slovenia declared independence on June 25, 1991, it was transferred to this new state.

use

A new congress center in the middle of the castle park serves the government of the Republic of Slovenia as a "protocol object" in which important international conferences take place. For example, in 1996 the castle hosted the IV  Alpine Conference . During the Slovenian EU Council Presidency in the first half of 2008, it was used intensively for informal EU meetings as well as for the EU-US summit, at which US President George W. Bush met with European heads of state and government.

In addition, this place is becoming increasingly important for tourism. The Brdo Castle today houses u. a. a vinotheque and a valuable collection of works by famous sculptors. The immaculate parking spaces present themselves as a treasure trove of the aristocratic Carniolan history. There is also a hippodrome , a riding school, an extensive golf course and several fish ponds .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ slovenia.info

Web links

Commons : Brdo pri Kranju  - collection of images, videos and audio files