Kunšperk

Kunšperk ( German: Königsberg ) is a village and a parish of the municipality of Bistrica ob Sotli and is located in Lower Styria in Slovenia.

Geography

The village hall covers an area of 4.81 km ² and consists mainly of high forest. It occupies the entire eastern area of the municipality is bordered on the south by the two neighboring towns of Bizeljska vas and Orešje na Bizeljskem the community Brežice / Rann, follows in the east with the Sotla the Croatian border to the north and touches the northwest and west by the districts of the municipality part places Polje pri Bistrici and Bistrica ob Sotli.

Königsberg / Kunšperk lies at the foot of the mountain ridge in the same plane 208 m UEA. and has 120 inhabitants ( 2002). The settlement consists mainly of two groups of houses along the Bistrica whether distribute Sotli next link road.

History

The town developed below the mighty frontier fortress of the Bishops of Gurk and is mentioned in a document for the first time in 1201. The 1251 mentioned clergy " Rvobertus decanus de Chunesperch " points to an existing house of God, may have on the village church of St. James. On January 10, 1286 a local priest is again called " Bernhardo Plebano in Chunsperch ".

For the year 1436 has been handed " ain Mairhof and four hofstet " located " there in our markcz Kunigsperg ". The place was so at that time owned the rights market, however, he was not attached or walled. You may be assured citizens from 1471, as reinforced the Turkish invasions began in the Lower Styria, St. James Church, and built them with a curtain wall to defend Church or to Tabor.

At Jacob's Day of the year 1476 translated 2000 Turks at Gurkfeld / Krško over the Sava and ravaged the land between Drava, Sava and Sottla, they plundered the places Montpreis / Planina pri Sevnici, Dragon Castle / Kozje, direction finding Stone / Pilštanj and Hörberg / Podsreda and coated with their prey from about Königsberg to Croatia. About another Turkish invasion of the lands of Königsberg globally, also Zagorje and reached as far as Krapina, reported for the year 1494 the pastor Jakob Unrest in his chronicle.

In the land register of the reign of King Mountain in 1566 twenty-six citizens of the market are listed by name. In addition to Slovenian citizens names as Simon Kosiaker, Martin Mlinaritsch, Jacob Laren draw sealed or Michl Schimetschitsch among others, also German -sounding are represented, for example, Jakob Schmid, Stefan Haffner and Christof Mülner among others Noteworthy are the names Jansche Starapraudo and Leonhard Puntschuech, possibly the designation for two revolutionary peasants. At that time, called for the countrymen of their authority to reintroduce the old law " za staro pravdo " and led as a sign of their covenant a shoe.