Sveti Primož na Pohorju

Sveti Primož na Pohorju
Sveti Primož na Pohorju
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates:
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Carinthia
Municipality Vuzenica
Area
 • Total 16.46 km2 (6.4 sq mi)
Elevation 679.7 m (2,230 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 351
[1]

Sveti Primož na Pohorju is a settlement in the Vuzenica municipality in northern Slovenia. It lies to the south of Vuzenica town, dispersed in the western Pohorje hills. Traditionally the area was part of Styria. It is now included in the Carinthia statistical region.[2]

The local parish church from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to Saint Primus and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was built in 1789 near the site of an earlier Gothic building mentioned in written documents dating to 1436.[3]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Vuzenica Municipality site
  3. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 3288

External links

Settlements

Administrative centre: Vuzenica

Dravče, Sveti Primož na Pohorju, Sveti Vid, Šentjanž nad Dravčami
Landmarks
Vuzenica Castle, Church of Saint Nicholas, Pilgrimage Church of the Virgin on Kamen