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History of Zuzemberk


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Over the next century a number of important nobles were born in the town, including in 1557 Andrej Auersperg Ĺ umberski, the son of Wolf Engelbert, who after completing his studies in Padova, went on the receive a decoration by both the Pope and the Habsburg Emperor for his role in the defeat of the Turks in 1593.

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