Oplotnica

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Oplotnica
Oplotnitz
Coat of arms of Oplotnica Map of Slovenia, position of Oplotnica highlighted
Basic data
Country SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
Historic region Lower Styria / Štajerska
Statistical region Podravska (Drau region)
Coordinates 46 ° 23 '  N , 15 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 23 '16 "  N , 15 ° 26' 48"  E
surface 33.2  km²
Residents 4,099 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 123 inhabitants per km²
Post Code 2317
License Plate MB
Structure and administration
Mayor : Matjaž Orter
Mailing address Goriška cesta 4
2317 Oplotnica
Website
Oplotnica panorama

Oplotnica ( German : Oplotnitz ) 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 Oplotnica is located on the southeastern slopes of Pohorje ( Pohorje ) to about 370  m. ü. A. at the Oplotnica / Oplotniščica stream of the same name. The next larger towns are the small town of Slovenska Bistrica about 10 km east, Maribor about 25 km northeast and Celje about 22 km southwest.

Community structure

The municipality comprises 21 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):

  • Božje ( Woschie ), 132
  • Brezje pri Oplotnici ( Wresie ), 127
  • Čadram ( Tschadram ), 274
  • Dobriška vas ( Dobrotendorf ), 71
  • Dobrova pri Prihovi, ( Hard ) 54
  • Gorica pri Oplotnici ( Goritzenberg ), 244
  • Koritno ( Koritnim ), 196
  • Kovaški Vrh ( Schmidsberg ), 48
  • Lačna Gora ( Laces Berg ), 166
  • Malahorna ( Malahorn ), 294
  • Markečica ( Markus village ), 109
  • Okoška Gora ( Augenbachberg ), 207
  • Oplotnica ( Oplotnitz ), 1,407
  • Pobrež ( Pobresen ), 150
  • Prihova ( Prichowa ), 81
  • Raskovec ( Raskotetz ), 72
  • Straža pri Oplotnici ( Strasche ), 71
  • Ugovec ( Augenbachdorf ), 151
  • Zgornje Grušovje ( Obergruschoje ), 111
  • Zlogona Gora ( Slogona Mountain ), 87
  • Zlogona vas ( Slogona Village ), 47
Postcard from 1961 with a view of the main town of Oplotnica.

Neighboring communities

Zreče Slovenska Bistrica Slovenska Bistrica
Zreče Neighboring communities Slovenska Bistrica
Zreče Slovenske Konjice Slovenske Konjice

history

Oplotnica was first mentioned in writing in 1182 when the Styrian Duke Ottokar VI. (the Traungau ) donated the then Oplotnica Castle to the Carthusian Monastery of Seiz (Žiče). The area was settled much earlier, as excavations show. The finds go back to the 3rd millennium BC.

Personalities

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 )