Jakob Aljaž

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Jakob Aljaž

Jakob Aljaž (born July 6, 1845 in Zavrh pod Šmarno Goro (municipality of Medvode ) north of Ljubljana , Carniola , Austrian Empire ; † May 4, 1927 in Dovje near Jesenice , Yugoslavia , today Slovenia ) was a Roman Catholic priest and composer .

Aljažev stumbles on the Triglav peak

Aljaž played an important role in the development of Slovenian mountaineering. As a priest in Dovje (Lengenfeld) on the Wurzener Save in the north of what was then the Austrian crown land of Carniola and as a mountaineer, he bought land on the Kredarica plateau and the top of the Triglav for five guilders in order to build modest mountaineering bases: in 1895 the Aljaž bivouac (Aljažev stolp) on the summit of Triglav, in 1896 the Staničev box just below the summit of Triglav (actually a cave in the rock) and the Kredarica hut (Triglavski dom na Kredarici), today one of the most frequented alpine huts in Slovenia. Secure climbing routes between small and large Triglav and the Tominškov path from Vrat to Kredarica begin at the Aljaž house in the Vrata valley with the chapel, which was built in 1896, and at the Kredarica hut.

Aljaž was also an explorer and discoverer of some alpine plants.

In 1871 he translated the Christmas carol “ Silent Night, Holy Night ” into Slovenian under the title “ Sveta noč ”. He has also set poems by Simon Gregorčič to music.

His most famous songs are " Oj Triglav, moj dom (O Triglav, my home) ", composed in 1896, printed in his work "Slovenski pesmarici II (Slovenian songbook II)" published in 1900. (The text dates from 1894, written by the priest Matija Zemljič from Gornja Radgona (Oberradkersburg) an der Mur in what was then Lower Styria .) Also in 1900 a theological manuscript was published in the magazine "Lipica" in Maribor (Marburg an der Drau ) , in which Aljaž was involved.

The Bank of Slovenia was in his memory coins to five, 500 and 5000 Tolar from.

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SURNAME Aljaž, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman Catholic priest and composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Zavrh pod Šmarno Goro near Ljubljana , Austrian Empire
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 1927
Place of death Dovje near Jesenice , Yugoslavia