Kidričevo

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Kidričevo municipality
Coat of arms of the Kidričevo municipality Map of Slovenia, position of Kidričevo municipality highlighted
Basic data
Country SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
Historic region Lower Styria / Štajerska
Statistical region Podravska (Drau region)
Coordinates 46 ° 24 '  N , 15 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 24 '13 "  N , 15 ° 47' 28"  E
height 229  m. i. J.
surface 71.5  km²
Residents 6,417 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 90 inhabitants per km²
Post Code 2325
License Plate MB
Structure and administration
Mayor : Anton Leskovar
Mailing address Kopališka ulica 14
2325 Kidričevo
Website
View over the village of Lovrenc na Dravskem polju, which belongs to the municipality . On the left behind you can see the Talum company premises . The main town Kidričevo is in the forest next to it.

Kidričevo is a municipality in Slovenia . It is located in the historical Spodnja Štajerska ( Lower Styria ) region and in the statistical region of Podravska .

geography

location

Kidričevo is located about 6 km southwest of Ptuj in the Dravsko polje ( Draufeld ). The municipality is almost completely flat and lies at around 230 to 240  m. ü. A. The railway line from Pragersko to Ormož runs through the area from west to east. The main town Kidričevo is located on the eastern edge of the municipality, while most of the villages are along a regional road that runs through the municipality from west to southeast.

Community structure

The municipality comprises 18 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):

  • Apače ( Amtmannsdorf ), 791
  • Cirkovce ( Zirkovetz ), 363
  • Dragonja vas ( Drasendorf ), 181
  • Kidričevo , 1.155
  • Kungota pri Ptuju ( Sankt Kunigund ), 385
  • Lovrenc na Dravskem polju ( Sankt Lorenzen am Draufelde ), 638
  • Mihovce ( Micheldorf ), 201
  • Njiverce ( Niverzen ), 679
  • Pleterje ( Pletriach ). 224
  • Pongrce ( Pongerzen ), 130
  • Spodnje Jablane ( Unterjabling ), 274
  • Spodnji Gaj pri Pragerskem, 118
  • Starošince ( Staroschinzen ), 211
  • Stražgonjca ( Strasgoinzen ), 213
  • Strnišče ( Sternthal ), 102
  • Šikole ( Schikola ), 323
  • Zgornje Jablane ( Oberjabling ), 183
  • Župečja vas ( Saukendorf ), 246

Neighboring communities

Rače-Fram Starše Hajdina
Slovenska Bistrica Neighboring communities Videm
Majšperk

history

The municipality was previously called Strnišče ( German : Sterntal or Sternthal).

On November 5, 1918, a military train derailed at the Sternthal station after a hot runner and a broken axle . 63 people died.

After the Second World War, the Sterntal (Strnišče) camp was located here from May to September 1945 , which served as the central assembly camp for the expulsion of ethnic Germans from Lower Styria and Gottschee and where several thousand people died of hunger and disease.

The place was renamed Kidričevo after 1945 after the communist and partisan Boris Kidrič .

economy

The most important local employer is the Talum aluminum plant .

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 )
  3. ↑ Spletna Demokracija, November 22, 2007: Komunistična taborišča