Vuhred Explained

Official Name:Vuhred
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:Carinthia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Radlje ob Dravi
Area Total Km2:5.14
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:818
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.5925°N 15.2328°W
Elevation M:371.2
Footnotes:[1]

Vuhred (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈʋuːxɾɛt/; German: Wuchern[2]) is a village on the right bank of the Drava River in the Municipality of Radlje ob Dravi in Slovenia.[3]

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was built in 1884 on the foundations of a 17th-century church.[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 . 264.
  3. http://www.radlje.si Radlje ob Dravi municipal site
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage