Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici
Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici Sankt Georgen an der Stainz |
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Country | Slovenia | ||
Historic region | Lower Styria / Štajerska | ||
Statistical region | Pomurska (Mur region) | ||
Coordinates | 46 ° 34 ' N , 16 ° 2' E | ||
height | 234 m. i. J. | ||
surface | 51.3 km² | ||
Residents | 2,827 (January 1, 2017) | ||
Population density | 55 inhabitants per km² | ||
Post Code | 9244 | ||
License Plate | MS | ||
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Mayor : | Miroslav Petrovič | ||
Mailing address | Ulica Bratka Krefta 14 9244 Sv. Jurij o. Š. |
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Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici , or Sveti Jurij for short ( German : Sankt Georgen an der Stainz ) is a town and municipality in northeastern Slovenia . It is located in the historical Spodnja Štajerska ( Lower Styria ) region, but is now part of the Pomurska statistical region .
geography
location
Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici is located in the eastern Slovenske gorice ( Windische Bühel ) and thus in the small region of Prlekija . The river Ščavnica ( Stainz ) flows through it from north to east . In addition, the A5 motorway , which can be reached via the Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici junction , runs through the municipality.
The next larger cities are Murska Sobota, 15 km northeast, and Maribor, around 28 km to the west.
Community structure
The municipality comprises 27 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, 2017):
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Neighboring communities
Gornja Radgona | Radenci | |
Cerkvenjak | Križevci | |
Sveti Andraž | Juršinci | Ljutomer |
history
The place was officially called Videm ob Ščavnici until 1997 . Curiously, the name was changed due to a misunderstanding. In 1948, during the Republic of Yugoslavia , a law on the designation of settlements, squares, streets and buildings came into force. Among other things, this envisaged removing religious components of the name from the localities mentioned. Assuming that this also happened to Videm , the parish and its main town were given the name of their parish Sveti Jurij . In fact, the name Videm has been documented since 1680.
Personalities
- Anton Korošec (* 1872 in Biserjane, † 1940 in Belgrade), politician
- Edvard Kocbek (* 1904 in Sveti Jurij, † 1981 in Ljubljana), writer
- Vekoslav Grmič (* 1923 in Sveti Jurij; † 2005 in Maribor), Catholic bishop
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ General state law and government gazette for the Crown Land of Styria. 1850 (supplement Marburg district)
- ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia ( English )
- ↑ spremembe naselij 1948-95 . 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
- ↑ Premk, F. 2004. Slovenska versko-krščanska terminologija v zemljepisnih imenih in spremembe za čas 1921–1967 / 68. Besedoslovne lastnosti slovenskega jezika: slovenska zemljepisna imena . Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije, pp. 113-132.
- ↑ Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz local identitete. Geografski vestnik 77 (2): 25-43.
- ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 454