| Pesnica Občina Pesnica |
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| — Settlement and Municipality — | |
| Location of the Municipality of Pesnica in Slovenia | |
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Pesnica
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| Country | Slovenia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Venčeslav Senekovič |
| Area | |
| • Total | 75.8 km2 (29.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2002)[1] | |
| • Total | 7,244 |
| • Density | 95.6/km2 (247.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02) |
Pesnica is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia and administrative unit Upravna enota Pesnica. The center of municipality is a suburbia near Maribor, Pesnica pri Mariboru. It lies at the western end of the Slovenske Gorice hills at the upper valley of the eponymous river. The area was part of the traditional region of Lower Styria. It is now included in the Drava statistical region. The settlement developed on the main regional road leading from Maribor towards Šentilj and on towards Graz.
Mosta notable people from Pesnica are Tone Partljič, a writer, screenwriter and politician; Jan Muršak, a NHL hockey player, Ivo Štandeker, a writer and journalist who was killed in Sarajevo during the war; Ivan Anzelj Eder, mayor of municipality of Jarenina - today in Občina/Municipality Pesnica and founder of Firestation in Pesnica; Rene Krhin, slovenian football international who now plays for Bolonia and other people.
It's area has a perfect position for tourism, trucking and farming. The settlement developed on the main regional road leading from Maribor towards Šentilj and on towards Graz, instead of road Graz - Maribor trought Plač and Kunguta towards Maribor. Village Pesnica pri Mariboru is a new small town but Jarenina and Pernica are much older; Jarenina is also an old parish. There are a lot of castles and ecofarms, such are Kozar, Eder, Trunčič, Gaube, Sergo Dveripax and more. The main Maribor to Vienna railway line also runs through the settlement and contributed to its development. The modern motorway bypasses the settlement to the west.[2]
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