Žetale

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Žetale
Schiltern
Coat of arms of Žetale Map of Slovenia, position of Žetale highlighted
Basic data
Country SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
Historic region Lower Styria / Štajerska
Statistical region Podravska (Drau region)
Coordinates 46 ° 17 '  N , 15 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 16 '30 "  N , 15 ° 47' 38"  E
surface 38  km²
Residents 1,300 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 34 inhabitants per km²
Post Code 2287
License Plate MB
Structure and administration
Community type local community
Mayor : Anton Butolen
Mailing address Žetale 4
2287 Žetale
Website
Postcard from the first half of the 20th century with a view of Žetale. In the left half of the picture on a hill you can see the church of Sveta Marija ( Maria Trost ), which belongs to the village of Čermožiše, and on the right side Sveti Mihael ( Saint Michael ) in the main town of Žetale.

Žetale ( German : Schiltern ) is a town and municipality in Slovenia . It is located in the historical Spodnja Štajerska ( Lower Styria ) region and in the statistical region of Podravska .

geography

location

The municipality of Žetale is located in the Haloze ( Kollos ) wine-growing region at around 315  m. ü. A. on the border with Croatia . The Rogatnica ( Rogatnitza ) brook flows through the area. In the southeast corner of the municipality is the Gruškovje-Macelj border crossing, which is used to get from Ptuj to Zagreb .

The closest town is Ptuj, about 18 km to the north .

Community structure

The municipality comprises five localities. The German exonyms in brackets were mainly used by the German-speaking population until the area was ceded to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918 and are largely uncommon today. (Population figures as of January 1, 2017):

  • Čermožiše, ( Stremoschitz ) 307
  • Dobrina, ( Dobrin ) 246
  • Kočice ( Kotschitze ), 241
  • Nadole, ( Gesauerhof ) 147
  • Žetale ( Schiltern ), 359

Neighboring communities

Majšperk Videm Podlehnik
Majšperk Neighboring communities Podlehnik
Rogatec Đurmanec ( HR ) Đurmanec ( HR )

history

Žetale was first mentioned in writing in 1218. In 1853 the industrial mining of hard coal began .

The present municipality of Žetale was part of the municipality of Majšperk until 1998 , which in turn belonged to the municipality of Ptuj until 1994 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Special map of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy 1: 75,000 - Pragerhof and Wind. Feistritz 5455. (1914)
  2. ↑ Population tables of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia ( Slovene )