Pivka (Slovenia)

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Pivka
St. Peter in Carniola
Pivka coat of arms Map of Slovenia, position of Pivka highlighted
Basic data
Country SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
Historic region Coastal land / Primorska
Statistical region Primorsko-notranjska (Coastal Inner Carniola)
Coordinates 45 ° 41 ′  N , 14 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 40 ′ 57 ″  N , 14 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  E
height 547  m. i. J.
surface 223.3  km²
Residents 6,102 (2008)
Population density 27 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code (+386) 05
Post Code 6257
License Plate PO
Structure and administration
Mayor : Robert Smrdelj
Website

Pivka (until 1952 Šempeter na Krasu , formerly also Šentpeter na Krasu , German: St. Peter in Krain , Italian San Pietro del Carso ) is a municipality in the Primorska region (coastal land) in Slovenia .

Location and inhabitants

6102 people live in the total community, which consists of 29 villages. The main town Pivka alone has 2059 inhabitants and is located in the south-west of the country, north of Ilirska Bistrica on the river Pivka of the same name .

traffic

Pivka is located on the Ljubljana – Trieste railway line , from which the line to Rijeka in Croatia branches off.

Culture and sights

In Pivka there is the military-historical park Park vojaške zgodovine . You can see tanks, tracked vehicles and artillery pieces from earlier times, as well as modern vehicles that the Slovenian army no longer needs due to joining NATO . This extensive collection is shown in an old barracks.

  • Pivka station (2011)

  • Pivka Military Historical Park and Sherman Tank

  • M3A1 Scout Car in the Pivka Military Historical Park

Places of the whole community

  • Buje , (German Bugach )
  • Dolnja Košana , ( Eng . Unterkassanthal , also Unterkarschan )
  • Drskovče , (German Dörzgotzach )
  • Čepno , (German scepps )
  • Gornja Košana , (German Oberkassanthal , also Oberkarschenthal )
  • Gradec , (German Waldenburg near Sankt Peter )
  • Juršče , (German Sankt Georg bei Sankt Peter , also Jurschitz )
  • Kal , (Ger. Kaal near Sankt Michael )
  • Klenik , (German Klönig , also Glenach )
  • Mala Pristava , (German Kleinmeierhof , also Niedermairhof )
  • Nadanje selo , (German Grenwald , also Nedassel )
  • Narin , ( Eng . Narein near Sankt Peter )
  • Neverke , (German Neubergen , also Medberg )
  • Nova Sušica , (German Neudirnbach , also Klein Dirnbach )
  • Palčje , (German Paltschach )
  • Parje , (German Kratzenbach near Sankt Peter )
  • Petelinje , (German Hahnsdorf , also Petelling )
  • Pivka , (German Saint Peter in the Karst )
  • Ribnica , (German Reifnitz near Sankt Peter )
  • Selce , (German Seltzach )
  • Slovenska vas , (German village near Sankt Peter )
  • Stara Sušica , (German Altdirnbach )
  • Suhorje , (German Dürrenbach )
  • Silentabor ,
  • Šmihel , (German Saint Michael )
  • Trnje , (German thorn )
  • Velika Pristava , (German Großmeierhof near Sankt Peter )
  • Volče , (German Wolfsberg near Sankt Peter )
  • Zagorje , (German Unterberg near Sankt Peter )

literature

  • Boris Bolfek, Martin Premk: Tankovsko artilerijska zbirka: Parka vojaske zgodovine Pivka: Tank and artillery collection at Park of military history Pivka. Publisher: Vojaski muzej Slovenske vojske, Maribor - Pivka, 2009

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military historical park , slovenia.info.