Official Name: | Nunska Graba |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
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: | Mura |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Ljutomer |
Area Total Km2: | 1.25 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 164 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.5022°N 16.2309°W |
Elevation M: | 199.2 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Nunska Graba (pronounced as /sl/; de|Schützenberg[2]) is a settlement in the hills southeast of Ljutomer in northeastern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria and is now included in the Mura Statistical Region.[3]
The name Nunska graba literally means 'nuns' ravine'. Nuns are said to have formerly lived in the Kodolitsch vineyard cottage in the settlement, which may be the origin of the name.[2]
Until expropriation after the Second World War, most of the vineyards in the settlement were foreign-owned. The owners included the Diocese of Graz-Seckau, the Dominican monastery in Graz, and the Kodolitsch family of Bad Radkersburg, and prior to this Rein Abbey north of Graz and the Scheit noble family, after whom the grape variety šajtovšca is named.[2]
Notable people that were born or lived in Nunska Graba include: