Municipality of Å entilj
Šentilj v Slovenskih goricah ( German St. Egidi in Windischbüheln; St. Ilgen ) is a municipality (Slovenian Občina ) in the north- east of Slovenia, on the border with Austria.
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Geography
Šentilj located on the northern edge of the Windische Bühel, a range of hills between the Mura and Drava. Its population is 8074 (as of 2002 census ). The municipality covers an area of 65.0 km ², giving a population density of 124.2 inhabitants per km ².
The municipality consists of the following towns ( in parentheses are the German names): Ceršak ( ornamental mountain ), Cirknica ( Zirknitz ), Drazen Vrh, Jurjevski Dol Kaniža ( Kanischa ) Kozjak pri Ceršaku ( Goißegg ) Kresnica ( Graßnitz ) Ploderšnica ( Ploderberg ) Selnica ob Muri ( Zellnitz an der Mur ), Sladki vrh ( Holdeneck ) Spodnja Velka ( Unterwelk ) Srebotje ( Lillachberg ), Stara gora ( Altenberg ), Svečane ( Siegersdorf ) Šentilj (St. Egidi, 1329 first documented ), Somat, Štrihovec ( Strichowetz ), rate ( first mentioned in 1151 ), Vranji vrh ( Raven hill), Zgornja Velka ( Oberwölling, Oberwelk ) Zgornje Dobrenje, Zgornje Gradišče.
Neighboring communities
Economy
In Šentilj is the largest border crossing between Austria and Slovenia (border crossing pitch / Šentilj ), but today is an EU and Schengen internal border. In addition to the industries in the service sector, caused by the transit traffic (eg restaurants) are mainly the vineyards and orchards of traditional importance.
Largest operation and employers in the community, the paper mill was founded in 1871 Paloma in the district Sladki vrh.
Administration and policy
Šentilj located in Lower Styria (Slovene Spodnja Štajerska ), a part of the historical region of Styria ( Lower Styria ). Today it belongs to the statistical region Podravsko ( Drava region ). Mayor Edvard Čagran (SLS ). The postal code is 2212.
History
By Šentilj led in ancient times, the Roman road from Poetovio (today Ptuj ) by Flavia Solva ( near Leibnitz ). In Sladki vrh ancient tombs have been found. In Ceršak even a fortified settlement from prehistoric times with a total of eleven buildings from various periods (Bronze Age, Celts, Romans ) was discovered.
In Štrihovec ( Strichowetz ) were settled in the early 20th century planned Protestant immigrants from Württemberg, but were expelled after the Second World War in 1945 from the former Yugoslavia.
Attractions
In Šentilj especially the originally medieval, 1806 in the classical style newly built parish church of St. Egidi is worth seeing.
In the municipality of Šentilj are also two castles, of which the lower situated castle Mureck (Slovenian Cmurek ) was first mentioned in the year 1151. Later it came into the possession of the Counts of Cilli. Today is in the castle Mureck after numerous conversions of the original Romanesque building in the second half of the 16th and 18th centuries, a mental hospital, so the interiors and the arcaded courtyard of the Renaissance can not be visited. But is worth seeing the Gothic portal, and of the former drawbridge but offers a magnificent view of the nearby border town in Austria Mureck.
The higher situated Castle Kapral (Slovenian Kapralov grad) is much younger and was built in the 19th century. The former owner Harry Hanson established here in 1903 a botanical garden with tulips and many other types of flowers to.
In Stara Gora ( Altenberg ) is a Baroque church is worth seeing, in Zgornja Velka ( Oberwelk, Oberwölling ) the church Maria Schnee ( Maria Snežna ) from the 18th century.
Sons and daughters of the community
From Šentilj originate among other things:
- Jakob Lorber ( born in the village of Kaniža / Kanischa, 1800-1864 ), writer and musician
- Mira Sardoc (1930-2008), well-known Slovenian theater and film actress