Kozji Vrh nad Dravogradom explained

Official Name:Kozji Vrh nad Dravogradom
Other Name:Kozji Vrh (until 1955)
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:Carinthia
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Carinthia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Dravograd
Area Total Km2:8.37
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:89
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.6263°N 15.0822°W
Elevation M:888.1
Footnotes:[1]

Kozji Vrh nad Dravogradom (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈkoːzji ˈʋəɾx nad ˈdɾaːʋɔɡɾadɔm/) is a dispersed settlement in the hills northeast of Dravograd in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia, on the border with Austria.[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Kozji Vrh to Kozji Vrh nad Dravogradom in 1955.[3]

Churches

There are two churches in the settlement. The church south of the settlement, close to the banks of the Drava River, is dedicated to Mary Magdalene and was dedicated in 1384. It belongs to the Parish of Dravograd. The church in the north of the settlement, close to the Austrian border, is dedicated to Saint Urban. It was built in the 1990s on the location of an older church built in 1825.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.dravograd.si Dravograd municipal site
  3. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage