Zavrh, Lenart
Zavrh | |
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  Zavrh Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°32′22.77″N 15°50′3.09″E / 46.5396583°N 15.8341917°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Styria |
| Statistical region | Drava |
| Municipality | Lenart |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.34 km2 (0.52 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 343.3 m (1,126.3 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 320 |
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Zavrh (pronounced [ˈzaːʋəɾx], German: Sauerberg[2] [ˈzaʊ̯ɐbɛɐ̯k]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Lenart in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the Slovene Hills (Slovene: Slovenske gorice) above the valley of the Pesnica River The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.[3]
In a house in the village where the Slovene general Rudolf Maister occasionally stayed a memorial room was set up in 1986.[4] There is also a 17 m high observation tower known as Maister's Observation Tower (Slovene: Maistrov razgledni stolp) in the settlement. It is a metal structure erected in 1982 to replace an earlier wooden structure based on plans by Maister's son Borut from 1963.
References[edit]
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 212.
- ^ Lenart municipal site
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage Archived July 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine reference number ešd 1099
External links[edit]
Media related to Zavrh, Lenart at Wikimedia Commons- Zavrh on Geopedia
| Settlements | Administrative seat: Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah
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