Kozjak nad Pesnico (pronounced [kɔˈzjaːk nat ˈpeːsnitsɔ]) is a dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Kungota in the western part of the Slovenian Hills (Slovene: Slovenske gorice) in northeastern Slovenia.[2]
Kozjak nad Pesnico | |
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  Kozjak nad Pesnico Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°36′34.87″N 15°38′0.85″E / 46.6096861°N 15.6335694°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Styria |
| Statistical region | Drava |
| Municipality | Kungota |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.99 km2 (2.70 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 267.6 m (878.0 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 560 |
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Name
editThe name of the settlement was changed from Kozjak to Kozjak nad Pesnico in 1955.[3]
Cultural heritage
editThere are two mansions in the settlement. Pahta Mansion (Slovene: Graščina Pahta or Pahtejev Grad) was built in 1870 in the hills south of Zgornja Kungota. Lepi Dol Mansion, built in the Pesnica Valley, is an early 18th-century Baroque mansion on the site of an earlier building. It was renovated in a Neoclassical style in the 19th century.[4]
References
edit- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Kungota municipal site
- ^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference numbers 7768 and 7769
External links
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