- Mekinje, Kamnik
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Mekinje Convent in Mekinje
Location in Slovenia
MekinjeCoordinates: 46°14′10.18″N 14°36′45.28″E / 46.2361611°N 14.6125778°ECoordinates: 46°14′10.18″N 14°36′45.28″E / 46.2361611°N 14.6125778°E Country 
SloveniaRegion Upper Carniola Municipality Kamnik Area - Total 1.24 km2 (0.5 sq mi) Elevation 395.6 m (1,298 ft) Population (2002) - Total 1,493 [1] Mekinje is a settlement at the confluence of the Kamniška Bistrica and Nevljica rivers in the municipality of Kamnik in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is considered a suburb of the town of Kamnik.
Mekinje is the location of a large Ursuline convent. The convent with its church dedicated to the Virgin Mary was founded in 1300 by Siegfried of Gallenberg and granted to the Poor Clares. The original monastery was destroyed in 1491 during Ottoman raids and was rebuilt soon after. It was totally rebuilt again in the late 17th century (1682), but by the end of the 18th century it was dissolved by Emperor Joseph II. From 1902 to 1945[verification needed] it was administered by the Ursuline Order from Ljubljana, but then nationalized after the Second World War and only returned to the order in 1990. From 1972 to 2000 it served as a storage unit for the National and University Library of Slovenia and the convent still has a rich library of its own.[2]
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