Pernica Explained

Official Name:Pernica
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:Pesnica
Area Total Km2:2.52
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:377
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.5785°N 15.7269°W
Elevation M:246.8
Footnotes:[1]

Pernica (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈpeːɾnitsa/; German: Pernitzen[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.[3]

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Margaret and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1361. It was destroyed in 1532 and rebuilt in 1567.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko . 1904 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 208.
  3. http://www.pesnica.si/ Pesnica municipal site
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage