Vitanje

Vitanje Weitenstein
Basic data
Country	Slovenia
Historic region	Lower Styria / Štajerska
Statistical region	Savinjska (Sann area)
Coordinates	46 ° 23 ′  N , 15 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 23 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  E
height	449  m. i. J.
surface	59.4  km²
Residents	2,372 (2008)
Population density	40 inhabitants per km²
Post Code	3304
License Plate	CE
Structure and administration
Mayor :	Slavko Vetrih
Website	www.vitanje.si

3Vitanje

Vitanje (German: Weitenstein) is a municipality in the Spodnja Štajerska region ( Lower Styria ) in Slovenia .

Location and inhabitants

2372 people live in the total community, which consists of eight localities. The main town Vitanje alone has 863 inhabitants and is located on the western slopes of the Pohorje region (the Bacher Mountains ) and on the foothills of the Karawanken .

Districts of the entire municipality

• Pretzels , (Eng. Turn )
• Hudinja , (German Kötting in Styria )
• Ljubnica , (German: Weichselheim )
• Paka , (German Pack at Missling )
• Spodnji Dolič , (German Unterdollitsch )
• Stenica , (German Stenitz )
• Vitanje , (German Weitenstein )
• Vitanjsko Skomarje , (German Skommer )

history

The area was settled by Slovenes in the 6th century . After the loss of Slovenian independence, it came under the Frankish rule of the Holy Roman Empire . At the end of the 11th century it was under the rule of the diocese of Krško (Gurkfeld). At that time Vitanje became the administrative center of an extensive area, as the bishops of Krško had their ministerials here , from which the families of the Vitanje manor later developed.

A castle close to the main town, Alt-Weitenstein, was indirectly mentioned for the first time in 1107 (mentioning of a knight Marchward de Witenstain). This makes it one of the oldest castles in Slovenia. Opposite is Neu-Weitenstein Castle, which dates back to the 14th century. Both structures, drawn by Georg Matthäus Vischer in 1681 , have been preserved as ruins.

In 1306 Vitanje / Weitenstein was granted market rights.

In 1900 the market town of Weitenstein had 484 inhabitants. Of these, 435 were Germans and 49 Slovenes.

For centuries Vitanje was part of Lower Styria in the Duchy of Styria , which had belonged to the western part of Austria-Hungary since 1867 . Since November 1918 the area has been part of what will later become Yugoslavia , and since 1991 Slovenia .

Cultural center for space technologies

In September 2012, because the Slovenian grandparents of the Austrian-Slovenian space theorist Herman Potočnik lived here, a cultural center for European space technologies (KSEVT) was opened as an art project with the help of the EU and the Ministry of Culture of Slovenia , which deals with cultural issues in space travel should. The architecture of the building is based on the first space station that a human being had thought up at a time when conquering space was still a thought experiment.

Wood processing

Every year the Holcerija takes place in Vitanje . The craftsmanship and customs relating to woodworking are clearly presented.

Web links

• Website of the municipality Slovene

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Location of the place ( Memento of the original dated November 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ^ Vitanje on the website of Rogla am Bachergebirge
3. ↑ KK Statistische Central-Commission, Special-Orts-Repertorien of the kingdoms and countries represented in the Oesterreichischen Reichsrathe. Volume IV Styria (Vienna 1904) p. 36.
4. ↑ Herwig G. Höller: 2010: The year in which Vitanje made contact , in: Falter , Wochenzeitung, Vienna, No. 2, January 13, 2010, p. 52
5. ↑ Joachim Riedl : Raumschiff Vitanje , in: weekly newspaper Die Zeit , Hamburg, No. 38, September 13, 2012, p. 18
6. ↑ Photo of the center on the website of the municipality of Vitanje ( Memento of the original from August 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.