Limbuš Explained

Official Name:Limbuš
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:Maribor
Area Total Km2:3.69
Population As Of:2021
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:2002
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.5581°N 15.5788°W
Elevation M:283.5
Footnotes:[2]

Limbuš (pronounced as /sl/, German: Lembach[3]) is a settlement on the right bank of the Drava River west of Maribor in northeastern Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Maribor.[4]

The local parish church is dedicated to Saint James and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It has a Gothic nave dating to the 15th century, a 16th-century belfry, 17th-century chapels, and a sanctuary with 17th- and 18th-century internal furnishings. There is a walled cemetery around the church.[5]

Limbuš Rado Robič Primary School (Slovenian: Osnovna Šola Rada Robiča Limbuš) is named after Radivoj Robič (1919–1944), a Partisan machine-gunner.[6] There is a pharmacy in Limbuš.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prebivalstvo po naseljih, podrobni podatki, Slovenija, 1. januar 2021 . stat.si . 12 May 2022 . sl.
  2. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  3. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko . 1904 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 202.
  4. http://www.maribor.si Maribor municipal site
  5. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
  6. Book: Ostrovška . Milica . Kljub vsemu odpor: Maribor v času okupacije in narodnoosvobodilnega boja . 1981 . Obzorja . Maribor . 395.