| Official Name: | Jurski Vrh |
| Other Name: | Sveti Jurij ob Pesnici (before 1947) |
| 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: | Kungota |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.06 |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Total: | 136 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 46.6463°N 15.5674°W |
| Elevation M: | 307.8 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Jurski Vrh (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈjuːɾski ˈʋəɾx/) is a settlement in the Municipality of Kungota in the western part of the Slovene Hills (Slovenian: Slovenske gorice) in northeastern Slovenia, right on the border with Austria. It includes the hamlet of Jurij ob Pesnici, on the left bank of the Pesnica River, as well as the dispersed houses in the hills north of the village.[2]
The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Jurij ob Pesnici (literally, 'Saint George on the Pesnica River') to Jurski Vrh (literally, 'George Peak') in 1952. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.[3] [4] [5]
The parish church, from which the village gets its name, is dedicated to Saint George (Slovenian: sveti Jurij) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It stands in the centre of the village on the north side of the main road. The church was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1383. The current building dates to the 16th century and is a typical example of Gothic architecture of the region with a single nave. It was renovated in the 17th century and in 1855, and contains Baroque internal furnishings. The date 1532 appears on the belfry.[6]