- Peter Kozler
Peter Kozler or Kosler (
February 16 ,1824 –April 16 ,1879 ) was a Slovenelawyer ,geographer ,cartographer ,activist andmanufacturer . He was of anethnic German origin, but identified himself with Slovenian culture and advocated a peaceful co-existence of the Slovene and German cultures inCarniola .Kozler was born in
Koče , a village south ofKočevje inGottschee County , in what was then the AustrianKingdom of Illyria and is nowSlovenia . He is probably most famous for creating the first map ofSlovene Lands , called "Zemljovid Slovenske dežele in pokrajin" ("A map of the Slovene Land and Regions") in a scale 1:576000. The map was made during theSpring of Nations in 1848, but published only in 1854 in analmanac called "Kratki slovenski zemljopis" ("Short Slovenian Geography"), which is regarded as the first geography atlas using exclusively Sloveniantoponym s. In the map, which became famous as "Kozler's Map", a red line was drawn, showing the national border ofSlovenians . It was soon confiscated by the Austrian military authorities and made available to the public only in 1861. Kozler was also shortly imprisoned by the Austrian authorities for this reason.Born in a relatively well-to-do family, Kozler made a fortune with beer manufacturing and was the founder of the
UNION Brewery . He gave large amounts of money to support Slovenian cultural associations and institutions.Kozler died in
Ljubljana .Other
Kozler bought a mansion just outside the center of Ljubljana (at the beginning of
Šiška district), known as the "Cekinov grad", and renovated in it in a neoclassical style. Today, the mansion is theNational Museum of Contemporary History .The Kozlers also owned a palace in the center of Ljubljana, close to the
Congress Square andČop Street , which was regarded as one of the finest baroque buildings in the city. The palace was torn down by the Communist authorities in the late 1960s in order to widen the nearby street, which caused a public outcry and marked a milestone in the development of post-war urbanism in Ljubljana.Kozler also owned a plot of land in the
Ljubljana Marshes , known as "Kozler's Thicket". DuringWorld War Two , the plot was used as a mass grave for victims of theSlovenian Home Guard torturer and killerFranc Frakelj .ee also
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* Peter Kozler's "Map of the Slovene land": http://www.uvi.si/eng/slovenia/photos/history/095/
* Peter Kozler as a founder of the Pivovarna Union (UNION Brewer) in 1864: http://www.randburg.com/si/unionbr.html
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