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− | [[Knafelj Foundation, Vienna|Knafelj Foundation]] was founded in [[established::1676]] as an institution with the aim to help students from Carniola financially with their study in Vienna, one of the Central European's most important university cities | + | [[Knafelj Foundation, Vienna|Knafelj Foundation]] was founded in [[established::1676]] as an institution with the aim to help students from Carniola financially with their study in Vienna, one of the Central European's most important university cities. Today, the Foundation with an impressive history still represents an important part of the Slovene cultural heritage with the on-going funding of the accommodation in Vienna for postgraduate students coming from Slovenia. |
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+ | The Foundation is named after its founder [[Luka Knafelj]] (1621–1671), a Carniola-born priest, who left his money and fortune for Carniolan students coming to study in Vienna where he also worked and died. | ||
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+ | In the beginning the Foundation was run by the consortium at the University of Vienna, in 1995 the legal basis of the institution transformed into a private foundation, run by a managing commitee comprised out of members from [[University of Ljubljana]], Mohorjeva družba from Klagenfurt and [[Anton Levstek]] as a trustee. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.uni-lj.si/en/about_university_of_ljubljana/university_buildings/the_knafelj_foundation_in_vienna.aspx The Knafelj Foundation webpage, University of Ljubljana] | *[http://www.uni-lj.si/en/about_university_of_ljubljana/university_buildings/the_knafelj_foundation_in_vienna.aspx The Knafelj Foundation webpage, University of Ljubljana] | ||
*[http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knafljeva_ustanova Knafelj Foundation on Wikipedia] (in Slovenian) | *[http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knafljeva_ustanova Knafelj Foundation on Wikipedia] (in Slovenian) |
Revision as of 20:57, 30 October 2011
Background
The Foundation is named after its founder Luka Knafelj (1621–1671), a Carniola-born priest, who left his money and fortune for Carniolan students coming to study in Vienna where he also worked and died.
In the beginning the Foundation was run by the consortium at the University of Vienna, in 1995 the legal basis of the institution transformed into a private foundation, run by a managing commitee comprised out of members from University of Ljubljana, Mohorjeva družba from Klagenfurt and Anton Levstek as a trustee.