Selnica ob Dravi explained

Official Name:Selnica ob Dravi
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Styria
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Drava
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Selnica ob Dravi
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:2.61
Population As Of:2019
Population Total:1348
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.5514°N 15.4947°W
Elevation M:314.6

Selnica ob Dravi (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈséːlnitsa ɔb ˈdɾàːʋi/; German: Zellnitz an der Drau[2]) is a village on the left bank of the Drava River in Slovenia.[3] It is the seat of the Municipality of Selnica ob Dravi.

The parish church in the village is dedicated to Saint Margaret and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is built in the centre of the village and was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1372. It is an originally Gothic building with early and late 18th-century additions.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Naselje Selnica ob Dravi . Statistični urad Republike Slovenije . April 12, 2020.
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko . 1904 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 204.
  3. http://www.selnica.si/ Municipality of Selnica ob Dravi website
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage