Zgornja Kungota

Zgornja Kungota
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Zgornja Kungota Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°38′19.86″N 15°36′50.61″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Drava
Municipality	Kungota
Area
• Total	3.64 km^2 (1.41 sq mi)
Elevation	272.8 m (895.0 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	1,594
[1]

Zgornja Kungota (pronounced [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 (Slovene: 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]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 208.
3. Kungota municipal site
4. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage Archived July 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine reference number 2985

External links

• Zgornja Kungota on Geopedia