Zavrh, Lenart

Zavrh
Zavrh

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°32′22.77″N 15°50′3.09″E / 46.5396583°N 15.8341917°E / 46.5396583; 15.8341917Coordinates: 46°32′22.77″N 15°50′3.09″E / 46.5396583°N 15.8341917°E / 46.5396583; 15.8341917
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Drava
Municipality Lenart
Area
  Total 1.34 km2 (0.52 sq mi)
Elevation 343.3 m (1,126.3 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 320
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Zavrh (pronounced [ˈzaːʋəɾx]) 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 was part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.[2]

In a house in the village where the Slovene general Rudolf Maister occasionally stayed a memorial room was set up in 1986.[3] 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.

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