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Zgornji Žerjavci
Zgornji Žerjavci
	Zgornji Žerjavci Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 46°35′29.36″N 15°49′59.38″E / 46.5914889°N 15.8331611°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Drava
Municipality	Lenart
Area
• Total	4.53 km2 (1.75 sq mi)
Elevation	261.3 m (857.3 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	265

Zgornji Žerjavci (pronounced [ˈzɡoːɾnji ʒɛˈɾjaːu̯tsi]; German: Oberscheriafzen,^[2] or WWII-era Kranichsbühel^[3]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Lenart in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the valley of Velka Creek, a left tributary of the Pesnica River in the Slovene Hills (Slovene: Slovenske gorice). The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.^[4]

A large number of Roman-period burial mounds have been identified near the settlement.^[5]

References

^ 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. 216.
^ Carstanjen, Helmut (July 10, 1943). "Deutsche Ortsnamen in der Untersteiermark". Marburger Zeitung. No. 191/192. p. 4. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
^ Lenart municipal site
^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage Archived July 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine reference numbers ešd 1037 & 1038