Muta, Muta Explained

Muta
Native Name Lang:sl
Settlement Type:Settlement
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Muta in Slovenia
Coordinates:46.6167°N 25°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Styria
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Carinthia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Muta
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Angelca Mrak
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:5.3
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:2291
Population As Of:2012
Population Density Km2:433
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+01
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02

Muta (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈmuːta/; German: Hohenmauthen[2]) is the largest settlement and the centre of the Carinthia Statistical Region of northern Slovenia.[3] Traditionally, it is part of Styria[4] because it was part of the Duchy of Styria.[5] The Muta Bistrica (Slovenian: Mučka Bistrica) flows though the town, where it enters the Drava River.

Name

Muta was first attested in written sources in 1255 as Muttenberch (and as Můtenberch in 1265–67, Moutenberch in 1279, Maeut in 1349, Mautenberch in 1405, and Mawt in 1459). The Slovene name is derived from the Slovene common noun muta 'toll (payment)', derived from Middle High German mûte 'toll (payment)'. It therefore refers to a place where tolls were collected.[6]

Mass grave

Muta is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Croatian Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Hrvatov) is a cluster of seven locations in the northeast part of the settlement on the bank of the Drava River. It contains the remains of Croatians.[7]

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Margaret (Slovenian: sveta Marjeta) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1349. In the 17th century it was extended and widened.[8] There are two other churches in Muta. The church dedicated to John the Baptist in the hamlet of Spodnja Muta in the settlement is an 11th-century Romanesque rotunda with an Early Gothic sanctuary added. Fourteenth-century wall paintings survive in the church and the wooden painted ceiling is from the late 16th and early 17th century.[9] The church on the bank of the Drava River in the south of the settlement is dedicated to Saint Peter and is a late Romanesque single-nave building from the 13th century with various alterations over the centuries.[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tihaboj . Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia . 29 February 2012 . Place Names.
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko . 1904 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 262.
  3. http://www.muta.si Muta municipal site
  4. Web site: Muta . Kam.si . Slovenian . 4 October 2008 . 1854-973X.
  5. Book: Zgodovinski časopis . 2004 . 58 . 1–4 . Zgodovinsko društvo za Slovenijo [Historical Association of Slovenia] . 223.
  6. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 276.
  7. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče Hrvatov . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . April 26, 2020 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.
  8. https://gisportal.gov.si/portal/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=df5b0c8a300145fda417eda6b0c2b52b&extent=512822.6946%2C162738.4519%2C513229.0954%2C162906.1981%2C3912 Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
  9. https://gisportal.gov.si/portal/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=df5b0c8a300145fda417eda6b0c2b52b&extent=513099.7346%2C162968.1619%2C513506.1354%2C163135.9081%2C3912 Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
  10. https://gisportal.gov.si/portal/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=df5b0c8a300145fda417eda6b0c2b52b&extent=511403.5596%2C160912.2006%2C511809.9604%2C161101.3781%2C3912 Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage