Cerkvenjak Explained

Official Name:Cerkvenjak
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Styria
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Drava
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Cerkvenjak
Area Total Km2:0.7
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:163
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.566°N 15.9429°W
Elevation M:339.8
Postal Code:2236 Cerkvenjak
Footnotes:[1]

Cerkvenjak (in Slovenian pronounced as /tsɛɾkʋɛˈnjaːk/, German: Kirchberg[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Cerkvenjak in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the municipality. It lies in the Slovene Hills (Slovenian: Slovenske gorice) in sub-region called Prlekija. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.[3]

The local parish church is dedicated to Saint Anthony the Hermit and is the seat of the Parish of Sveti Anton v Slovenskih Goricah. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was built in 1546 on the site of an earlier building. The actual pastor of Cervenjak is Aleks Kozar.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko . 1904 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 210.
  3. http://www.cerkvenjak.si/ Cerkvenjak municipal site
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage