Vuzenica
Sign in to saveVuzenica (, ) is a major settlement in northern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Vuzenica. It lies on the right bank of the Drava River and extends south into the Pohorje Hills. The municipality is included in the Carinthia Statistical Region, which is in the Slovenian portion of the historical Duchy of Styria. During the Middle Ages, Saldenhofen Castle was the seat of the imperial or ducal burgraves of Saldenhofen.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Vuzenica
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- Vuzenica, SG - OD v SW 02.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
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- Slovenia
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- bottom
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- Location in Slovenia
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- Country
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- 25px Slovenia
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- Traditional region
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- Styria
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- Statistical region
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- Carinthia
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Slovenia
- Located in
- Municipality of Vuzenica
- Population
- +1522
- Elevation
- +350
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Municipality of Vuzenica
- Image
- Vuzenica, SG - OD v SW 02.jpg
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Burgrave of Saldenhofen
- House of Graben
- Graben heirs
- Anton Martin Slomšek
- Church
- References
- External links
Vuzenica (, ) is a major settlement in northern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Vuzenica. It lies on the right bank of the Drava River and extends south into the Pohorje Hills. The municipality is included in the Carinthia Statistical Region, which is in the Slovenian portion of the historical Duchy of Styria. During the Middle Ages, Saldenhofen Castle was the seat of the imperial or ducal burgraves of Saldenhofen.
==Name== Vuzenica was attested in written sources as Saldenhouen in 1238, Saeldenhoven in 1248, and Seldenhoven in 1251. The Slovene name Vuzenica is derived from *(v)ǫziti 'to narrow' or *(v)ǫzina 'narrow area', referring to the narrow flat area between the Drava River and the Pohorje Massif where the settlement is located. The development of the pretonic vowel o (< ǫ) into u is a local dialect feature.