title: Dolnja Košana
text: # Dolnja Košana
  
  Dolnja Košana (pronounced, in older sources Dolenja Košana, German: Unterkoschana) is a village west of Pivka in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.
  
  The Košana parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Stephen and belongs to the Koper Diocese.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  Notable people that were born or lived in Dolnja Košana include:
  
  * Franc Šturm (1881–1944), linguist, translator, and communist activist
  