Zavrh, Lenart

Zavrh
Zavrh is located in Slovenia
Zavrh
Zavrh
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°32′22.77″N 15°50′3.09″E / 46.5396583°N 15.8341917°E / 46.5396583; 15.8341917
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionStyria
Statistical regionDrava
MunicipalityLenart
Area
 • Total
1.34 km2 (0.52 sq mi)
Elevation
343.3 m (1,126.3 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
320
[1]

Zavrh (pronounced [ˈzaːʋəɾx], German: Sauerberg[2] [ˈzaʊ̯ɐbɛɐ̯k]) 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 is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.[3]

In a house in the village where the Slovene general Rudolf Maister occasionally stayed a memorial room was set up in 1986.[4] 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

  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. 212.
  3. ^ Lenart municipal site
  4. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage Archived July 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine reference number ešd 1099


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