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°ECoordinates: 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]) 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 was part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.[2]
In a house in the village where the Slovene general Rudolf Maister occasionally stayed a memorial room was set up in 1986.[3] 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
- ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Lenart municipal site
- ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage Archived July 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. reference number ešd 1099
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