Kunšperk
Sign in to saveKunšperk (; ) is a settlement on the right bank of the Sotla River in the Municipality of Bistrica ob Sotli in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region; until January 2014 it was part of the Savinja Statistical Region.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kunšperk
- Region
- Municipality of Bistrica ob Sotli
- Country
- Slovenija
- Population
- 117
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Key facts
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.official_name
- Kunšperk
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Slovenia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Traditional region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Styria
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Statistical region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Lower Sava
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Slovenia
- Located in
- Municipality of Bistrica ob Sotli
- Population
- +102
- Area
- +4.06
- Elevation
- +461
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Kunšperk 26.jpg
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Churches
- Kunšperk Castle
- References
- External links
Kunšperk (; ) is a settlement on the right bank of the Sotla River in the Municipality of Bistrica ob Sotli in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region; until January 2014 it was part of the Savinja Statistical Region.
==Name== Kunšperk was first attested in written sources as Chuongisperch in 1167 (and as Chunigesperch in 1178 and Küngesberc in 1227). The name originally referred to the castle above the settlement. Until 1918, the settlement was officially known as Königsberg (literally, 'king's mountain') in German. The name was borrowed from Bavarian Middle High German into Slovene as *Kun(i)gšperk and then simplified to Kunšperk.