Kungota

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Kungota
Sankt Kunigund
Kungota Coat of Arms Map of Slovenia, position of Kungota highlighted
Basic data
Country SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
Historic region Lower Styria / Štajerska
Statistical region Podravska (Drau region)
Coordinates 46 ° 38 '  N , 15 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 38 '20 "  N , 15 ° 36' 51"  E
height 272  m. i. J.
surface 49  km²
Residents 4,761 (January 1, 2016)
Population density 97 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code (+386) 02
Post Code 2201
License Plate MB
Structure and administration
Mayor : Tamara Šnofl
Mailing address Plintovec 1
2201 Zgornja Kungota
Website
Lookout tower on Plački vrh ( Platschberg ) near the border with Austria.
Kungota, St. Kunigunde Church
Witschein Castle (Svečinski grad)

Kungota ( German : Sankt Kunigund ) is a municipality in the Štajerska region in Slovenia .

geography

location

Kungota is about 10 km north of Maribor and borders on Austria to the north and west . The Pesnica ( Pößnitzbach ) flows through the municipality from the west to the southeast. The hill country south of it is the Kozjak , to the north are the Slovenske gorice ( Windische Bühel ). Other important tributaries of the main stream in the municipality are the Plački potok ( Splash stream ) and the Svečinski potok ( Witscheinbach ) on the left and the Radečki potok ( Radourtschbach ) on the right.

Centrally located in the municipality is at 272  m. ü. A. the main town of Zgornja Kungota, which forms a unit with the village of Plintovec.

Community structure

The municipality comprises 19 localities. The German exonyms in brackets date from the middle of the 19th century and are no longer used today. (Population figures as of January 1, 2016):

  • Ciringa 2 ( Zieregg ), 87
  • Gradiška ( Gradischka ), 1.023
  • Grušena ( Gruschenberg ), 115
  • Jedlovnik ( Jedlonegg ), 94
  • Jurski Vrh ( Georgenberg ), 123
  • Kozjak nad Pesnico ( Possruck ), 577
  • Pesnica ( Pessnitz ), 138
  • Plač ( splash ), 135
  • Plintovec ( Plintenbach ), 693
  • Podigrac ( Podigraz ), 71
  • Rošpoh 1 ( Rossbach ), 320
  • Slatina 2 ( Sulz ), 76
  • Slatinski Dol 2 ( Sulztal ), 187
  • Spodnje Vrtiče ( Wortitschberg ), 160
  • Svečina ( Witschein ), 153
  • Špičnik ( Essenegg ), 113
  • Vršnik ( Tremmelberg ), 124
  • Zgornja Kungota ( Upper Sankt Kunigund ), 498
  • Zgornje Vrtiče ( Wortitschberg ), 74

1 Rošpoh only partially belongs to the municipality of Kungota, the municipality of Maribor includes another part.
2 The villages of Ciringa, Slatina and Slatinski Dol were divided into two by the Treaty of Saint-Germain on September 10, 1919. The Austrian village of Zieregg today belongs to the municipality of Ehrenhausen , Sulz and Sulztal formed their own municipality until the end of 2014 and are now part of the municipality of Gamlitz .

Neighboring communities

Ehrenhausen ( Austria ) Ehrenhausen ( Austria ) Straß in Steiermark ( Austria )
Gamlitz ( Austria ) Neighboring communities Šentilj
Leutschach ( Austria ) Maribor Pesnica

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1391. Until October 1918, the area belonged to the Austrian Crown Land, Duchy of Styria . Today's entire community is still young, it was founded in 1994. There is a lot of viticulture.

Web links

Commons : Kungota municipality  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ General state law and government gazette for the Crown Land of Styria. 1850 (supplement Marburg district)
  2. ↑ SI STAT
  3. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia ( English )