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Jurski Vrh Sveti Jurij ob Pesnici (before 1947)
Postcard of Jurski Vrh
Jurski VrhLocation in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°38′46.65″N 15°34′2.54″E / 46.6462917°N 15.5673722°E / 46.6462917; 15.5673722
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Drava
Municipality	Kungota
Area
• Total	2.06 km (0.80 sq mi)
Elevation	307.8 m (1,009.8 ft)
Population
• Total	136

Jurski Vrh (pronounced [ˈjuːɾski ˈʋəɾx]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Kungota in the western part of the Slovene Hills (Slovene: Slovenske gorice) in northeastern Slovenia, right on the border with Austria. It includes the hamlet of Jurij ob Pesnici, on the left bank of the Pesnica River, as well as the dispersed houses in the hills north of the village.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Jurij ob Pesnici (literally, 'Saint George on the Pesnica River') to Jurski Vrh (literally, 'George Peak') in 1952. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.

Church

The parish church, from which the village gets its name, is dedicated to Saint George (Slovene: sveti Jurij) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It stands in the centre of the village on the north side of the main road. The church was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1383. The current building dates to the 16th century and is a typical example of Gothic architecture of the region with a single nave. It was renovated in the 17th century and in 1855, and contains Baroque internal furnishings. The date 1532 appears on the belfry.

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Kungota municipal site
3. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
4. Premk, F. 2004. Slovenska versko-krščanska terminologija v zemljepisnih imenih in spremembe za čas 1921–1967/68. Besedoslovne lastnosti slovenskega jezika: slovenska zemljepisna imena. Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije, pp. 113–132.
5. Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
6. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 3037

External links

• Jurski Vrh on Geopedia

v t e Municipality of Kungota
Settlements	Administrative seat: Zgornja Kungota Ciringa Gradiška Grušena Jedlovnik Jurski Vrh Kozjak nad Pesnico Pesnica Plač Plintovec Podigrac Rošpoh Slatina Slatinski Dol Špičnik Spodnje Vrtiče Svečina Vršnik Zgornje Vrtiče
Landmarks	Spodnja Kungota Parish Church St. Andrew's Church Svečina Mansion Zgornja Kungota Parish Church

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