Gorišnica

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Gorišnica
Gorischnitz
Gorišnica coat of arms Map of Slovenia, position of Gorišnica highlighted
Basic data
Country SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
Historic region Lower Styria / Štajerska
Statistical region Podravska
Coordinates 46 ° 25 '  N , 16 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 24 '53 "  N , 16 ° 0' 50"  E
surface 61.2  km²
Residents 3,968 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 65 inhabitants per km²
Post Code 2272
License Plate MB
Structure and administration
Mayor : Jožef Kokot
Mailing address Gorišnica 83a
2272 Gorišnica
Website
View of the formerly independent village Sveta Margeta ( Sankt Margarethen ) with its church Sveta Marjeta. Today it forms a unit with the main town Gorišnica.

Gorišnica ( German  Gorischnitz ) is a village 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 Gorišnica is located 12 km east of Ptuj in Ptujsko polje ( Lower Pettau Field ) on the edge of the Haloze ( Kollos ) wine-growing region and borders Croatia . It is traversed by three larger bodies of water from west to east: The Pesnica ( Pößnitz ), the Formin hydropower canal ( HE Formin canal ) and the Drau ( Drava ).

Community structure

The municipality comprises eleven 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):

  • Cunkovci ( Zinkofzen ), 98
  • Formin, ( Forming ) 349
  • Gajevci ( Gajofzen ), 287
  • Gorišnica ( Gorischnitz ), 852
  • Mala vas ( Kleindorf ), 247
  • Moškanjci ( Mosque Whole ), 654
  • Muretinci ( Meretinzen ), 431
  • Placerovci ( Platzerndorf ), 152
  • Tibolci ( Tibolzen ), 192
  • Zagojiči ( sagoiches ), 179
  • Zamušani ( Samoos ), 527

Neighboring communities

Dornava Dornava Ormož
Markovci Neighboring communities Ormož
Markovci Circulans Zavrč ,
Cestica ( HR )

Web links

Commons : Gorišnica  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Special map of the Austro-Hungarian Empire 1: 75,000 - Pettau and Vinica 5456. (1914)
  2. ↑ Population tables of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia ( Slovene )