Jakob Aljaž

Jakob Aljaž (July 6, 1845 – May 4, 1927) was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest, composer and mountaineer.

Aljaž was born in a small Upper Carniolan village of Zavrh pod Šmarno Goro, northeast of Ljubljana, in what was then the Austrian Empire.

He also designed shelters and huts, and worked with the Slovene Mountaineering Society to improve use of the land on Triglav.

[1] The endeavours of Jakob Aljaž had a very influential role in the emergence of Mount Triglav as one of the central symbols of the Slovene people.

Jakob Aljaž died in the village of Dovje in Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.