Zgornja Kungota Explained

Official Name:Zgornja Kungota
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:Kungota
Area Total Km2:3.64
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:1594
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.6389°N 15.6141°W
Elevation M:272.8
Footnotes:[1]

Zgornja Kungota (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈzɡoːɾnja ˈkuːŋɡɔta/, formerly Zgornja Sveta Kungota,[2] German: Ober Sankt Kunigund[2]) is a village and the seat of the Municipality of Kungota in the western part of the Slovene Hills (Slovenian: Slovenske gorice) in northeastern Slovenia.[3]

The parish church in the village, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Cunigunde and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is built close to the left bank of the Pesnica River southwest of the main settlement. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1391, but the current church dates to the 18th century, when the old core was extended and two chapels were added.[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.kungota.si/ Kungota municipal site
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage