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]