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Ščavnica
The Ščavnica (; German: ''Stainz'') is a river in Styria, Slovenia. It sources near Zgornja Velka and flows along the Slovene Hills The Slovene Hills or the Slovenian Hills ( sl, Slovenske gorice, german: Windische Bühel or ) is the largest hilly region of Slovenia, a smaller part is located in the Austrian province of Styria. It is situated in the northeast of the country and ... towards the southeast. It passes Negova Castle and Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici, traverses Lake Gajševci ( sl, Gajševsko jezero) and the town of Ljutomer, and finally joins the Mur from the right in Razkrižje. The Ščavnica is one of the most heavily polluted rivers in Slovenia. References External links * Condition of Ščavnica- graphs, in the following order, of water level, flow and temperature data for the past 30 days (taken in Pristava by ARSO) Rivers of Styria (Slovenia) {{Slovenia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveti Jurij Ob Ščavnici
Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici (; german: St. Georgen an der Stainz) is a settlement in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici. It lies on the Ščavnica River in the region known as Prlekija. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Mura Statistical Region. Name The settlement was first mentioned in written sources in 1680 under name ''Videm'' (borrowed from Middle High German ''videme'' 'church property'—originally, 'property left by the deceased to the church'). The settlement was known as ''Videm ob Ščavnici'' (literally, 'church property on the Ščavnica River') until 1997. On January 22, 1997 the municipal authorities mistakenly assumed that the name had been changed from a religious name under communist Yugoslavia, and it was changed to match the parish name ''Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici'' (literally, 'Saint George on the Ščavnica River'). Church The local parish church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pristava, Ljutomer
Pristava () is a settlement on the left bank of the Ščavnica River in the Municipality of Ljutomer in northeastern Slovenia. The area belongs to the traditional Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered ... region and is now included in the Mura Statistical Region. The local chapel in the centre of the village was built in 1888 and renovated in 1999. reference number 20020 References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mur (river)
The Mur () or Mura (; ; ; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Müra''Novak, Vilko. 2006. ''Slovar stare knjižne prekmurščine''. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, pp. 262, 269. or ''Möra'') is a river in Central Europe rising in the Hohe Tauern national park of the Central Eastern Alps in Austria with its source being above sea level. It is a tributary of the Drava and subsequently the Danube. The Mur's total length is around . About 326 km are within the interior of Austria; 95 km flow in and around Slovenia (67 km along the borders with Austria and Croatia, 28 km inside Slovenia), and the rest forms the border between Croatia and Hungary. The largest city on the river is Graz, Austria. Its drainage basin covers an area of . Tributaries of the Mur include the Mürz, the Sulm, the Ščavnica, the Ledava and the Trnava. Etymology The river was attested as ''Maura'' in AD 799, ''Muora'' in 890, ''Mura'' in 1259, ''Mvr'' and ''Mver'' in 1310, and ''Muer'' in 1354. The nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljutomer
Ljutomer (; german: Luttenberg) is a town in northeastern Slovenia, east of Maribor. It is the seat of the Municipality of Ljutomer. Traditionally it was part of the region of Styria. It is now included in the Mura Statistical Region. The economy of Ljutomer is largely based on grape farming and wine making. Name Ljutomer was attested in written records in 1211 as ''Lvtenwerde'' (and as ''Lůtenwerde'' in 1242, ''Lvtenberch'' in 1249, ''Lutenberg'' in 1269, ''Luetemberg'' in 1380, and ''Lutemberg'' in 1440). The names with ''-berg'' referred to the town itself, and those with ''-werd'' to the wider area. Until the early 19th century, the only Slovene name for the town was ''Lotmerk'', borrowed from German.Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 376. The modern Slovene name was first coined by Stanko Vraz in a letter from 1838, in which he wrote "do Ljutmera" ('to Ljutomer'). This and other variations were crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Razkrižje
Razkrižje (; hr, Raskrižje, hu, Ráckanizsa) is a village in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Razkrižje. Traditionally it was part of the region of Međimurje, and later (after the Second World War) was included in the region of Styria, lying on its extreme eastern tip. It is now included in the Mura Statistical Region. It is known for its folk dances, which incorporate diverse cultural influences, owing to the village's location at the crossroads of paths connecting Styria, Prekmurje, and Međimurje. The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint John of Nepomuk and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota. It was built between 1778 and 1784. The front of the church also appears in one of the three fields in the municipal coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central elemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, covers , and has a population of 2.1 million (2,108,708 people). Slovenes constitute over 80% of the country's population. Slovene, a South Slavic language, is the official language. Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps. A sub-mediterranean climate reaches to the northern extensions of the Dinaric Alps that traverse the country in a northwest–southeast direction. The Julian Alps in the northwest have an alpine climate. Toward the northeastern Pannonian Basin, a continental climate is more pronounced. Ljubljana, the capital and largest city of Slovenia, is geog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, " burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Styria (Slovenia)
Styria ( sl, Štajerska), also Slovenian Styria (''Slovenska Štajerska'') or Lower Styria (''Spodnja Štajerska''; german: Untersteiermark), is a traditional region in northeastern Slovenia, comprising the southern third of the former Duchy of Styria. The population of Styria in its historical boundaries amounts to around 705,000 inhabitants, or 34.5% of the population of Slovenia. The largest city is Maribor. Use of the term In the 19th century the Styrian duchy, which existed as a distinct political-administrative entity from 1180 to 1918, used to be divided into three traditional regions: Upper Styria (''Obersteiermark''; ''Zgornja Štajerska''), Central Styria (''Mittelsteiermark''; ''Srednja Štajerska''), and Lower Styria, stretching from the Mur River and the Slovene Hills in the north down to the Sava. Upper Styria and Central Styria, predominantly German-speaking, today form the Austrian state of Styria (''Steiermark''). The southern third, predominantly Slovene-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zgornja Velka
Zgornja Velka () is a dispersed settlement in the Slovene Hills ( sl, Slovenske gorice) southeast of Sladki Vrh in the Municipality of Šentilj in northeastern Slovenia. Name The name ''Zgornja Velka'' literally means 'upper Velka', contrasting with neighboring '' Spodnja Velka'' (literally, 'lower Velka'), which lies about lower in elevation. The two settlements were attested in written sources as ''Welich'' in 1319, ''Welik'' in 1324, and ''Weliken'' in 1360. The toponym is derived from a hydronym, *''Velika (voda/reka)'' 'big (creek/river)', referring to Velka Creek, a left tributary of the Pesnica River. Church The parish church, built on a hill in the southern part of the settlement, is dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was originally built in the late 17th century and rebuilt as a pilgrimage church A pilgrimage church (german: Wallfahrtskirche) is a church to which pilgrimages are regularly made, or a church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovene Hills
The Slovene Hills or the Slovenian Hills ( sl, Slovenske gorice, german: Windische Bühel or ) is the largest hilly region of Slovenia, a smaller part is located in the Austrian province of Styria. It is situated in the northeast of the country and has an area of . It comprises the ''Western Slovene Hills'' and the ''Eastern Slovene Hills'' (also named Prlekija). The region is known for its vineyards and wines. The central town and municipality is Lenart. Name The Slovene name and German name both mean 'Slovene Hills'; the German adjective ' Wendish' is a traditional name for Slavs in general and Slovenes in particular. The hills were attested in historical sources in 1123 as ''Colles'' (and as ''Puchelen'' in 1296 and ''Pücheln'' in 1407). It is hypothesized that the name originally applied to a smaller central area of the range, between Mureck and Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah. Overview The Slovene Hills area consists of Cenozoic hills, for the most part lower than in eleva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Negova Castle
Negova (; German: ''Negau'') is a village in the hills to the west of Gornja Radgona in northeastern Slovenia. Negova Castle is a castle immediately to the north of the main settlement. It is a complex of buildings that are 16th- and early 17th-century extensions of the original castle built in 1425. Very few of the original furnishings and traces of wall paintings in the castle chapel are preserved. The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Nativity of Mary and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was originally a 16th-century Gothic building, but was rebuilt in 1710 and has 19th-century additions. reference number 959 The |
Lake Gajševci
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a Depression (geology), basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the World Ocean, ocean, although, like the much larger oceans, they do form part of the Earth's water cycle. Lakes are distinct from lagoons, which are generally coastal parts of the ocean. Lakes are typically larger and deeper than ponds, which also lie on land, though there are no official or scientific definitions. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams, which usually flow in a channel on land. Most lakes are fed and drained by rivers and streams. Natural lakes are generally found in mountainous areas, rift zones, and areas with ongoing glacier, glaciation. Other lakes are found in endorheic basins or along the courses of mature rivers, where a river channel has widened into a basin. Some parts of the world have many lakes formed by the chaotic dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
