Straža

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Straža
Straža coat of arms Map of Slovenia, position of Straža highlighted
Basic data
Country SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
Historic region Lower Carniola / Dolenjska
Statistical region Jugovzhodna Slovenija (Southeast Slovenia)
Coordinates 45 ° 52 '  N , 15 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 51 '37 "  N , 15 ° 5' 0"  E
height 201  m. i. J.
surface 28.5  km²
Residents 3,856 (2008)
Population density 135 inhabitants per km²
Post Code 8351
License Plate NM
Structure and administration
Mayor : Dušan Krštinc
Website

Straža (German: Oberstrascha , also Wardenegg ) is a municipality in the Dolenjska / Lower Carniola region in Slovenia .

Location and inhabitants

2827 people live in the total community, which consists of eleven settlements. The main town Straža, which was called Gorenja Straža until 1988, has 1961 inhabitants and is located at 201 m. The municipality is located west of Novo mesto ( Rudolfswerth ) on the Krka ( Gurk ) river.

Districts of the entire municipality

history

The municipality separated from Novo mesto on March 1, 2006 and has since formed its own independent municipality . Until the end of the Habsburg Empire, Straža belonged to the Kronland Carniola , although the place had been part of the judicial district of Rudolfswerth .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Local Repertory Krain 1910, p. 77.