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Castrum Leibach - Ljubljana Castle

Topic: Early history of Ljubljana Castle

Introductory note
Historian Peter Štih found the earliest record of the Ljubljana Castle in a document, dated 1112 to 1125, a parchment sheet, Nomina defunctorum (names of the dead) in the Udine Cathedral Archive, in 2002. It states that "advocate Rudolph" a nobleman Rudolf of Tarcento, had donated a canon with twenty farms near the Ljubljana Castle (castrum Leibach) to the Church of Aquileia. The other source about the castle is dated 1144, as a property of the House of Spanheim, the seat of the Dukes of Carinthia.

About the document for reading

The publication is: a facsimile of the earliest record of the Ljubljana Castle, with a transcription of the document, commentary and a select bibliography on the history of Ljubljana.

Document:
Štih, Peter (2010), Castrum Leibach: the first recorded mention of Ljubljana and the city's early history: facsimile with commentary and a history introduction, The Municipality of Ljubljana, Ljubljana.

in Slovenian and English

URL http://www.ljubljana.si/si/mol/publikacije/?category=252

To view and download

http://www.scribd.com/doc/113954689/Peter-Štih-Castrum-Leibach

Resources

Collection of documents:

http://www.scribd.com/collections/4051383/Ljubljana-Castle

References

Čepič, Taja, Rebolj, Janja (1998), Poselitev ljubljanske kotline - urbani razvoj Ljubljane - Settlement of the Ljubljana basin - urban development of Ljubljana, Mestni muzej, Ljubljana

Otorepec, Božo, Matic, Dragan (1998), Izbrane listine Zgodovinskega arhiva Ljubljana 19 (1320-1782), Zgodovinski arhiv Ljubljana, Ljubljana

Suhadolnik, Jože (1994), "Stavbni razvoj v Ljubljani (1144-1895) in arhivsko gradivo Zgodovinskega arhiva Ljubljana", Kronika, Ljubljana 42/2. pp.11-25

http://www.dlib.si/details/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-5GMVBYIJ/

Download

http://www.scribd.com/doc/114639521/Jože-Suhadolnik-Stavbni-razvoj-v-Ljubljani-1144-1895 "Historian finds New Oldest Mention of Ljubljana" http://ms.sta.si/2010/12/historian-finds-new-oldest-mention-of-ljubljana/ Slovenian Press Agency 14 December 2010.

Video

Press conference, Peter Štih, "Castrum Leibach" 14 December 2010, 9.38min.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh9dPehAuEo

Websites

Ljubljanski grad / Ljubljana Castle

http://www.ljubljanskigrad.si/

Boštjan Burger, Panorama photography of the view from Ljubljana Castle

http://www.burger.si/Ljubljana/2007/seznam_grad.html

Archives of the City of Ljubljana