Vurberk

Place in Styria, Slovenia

Vurberk

Vumpah (until 1982)

Vurberk

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°29′11.23″N 15°47′18.38″E﻿ / ﻿46.4864528°N 15.7884389°E﻿ / 46.4864528; 15.7884389
Country|  Slovenia
Traditional region| Styria
Statistical region| Drava
Municipality| Duplek
Area

• Total

| 4.98 km2 (1.92 sq mi)
Elevation

| 266.9 m (875.7 ft)
Population

(2020)

• Total

| 463
• Density| 93/km2 (240/sq mi)
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Vurberk (pronounced [ˈʋuːɾbɛɾk]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Duplek in northeastern Slovenia. It lies on the left bank of the Drava River on the southwestern edge of the Slovene Hills (Slovene: Slovenske gorice), southeast of Maribor. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.[2]

## Name

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The name of the settlement was changed from Vumpah to Vurberk in 1982.[3] The Slovene name Vumpah is derived from German Wurmbach and was first attested as such in 1496.[4][5] The Slovene name Vurberk originally referred to the castle above the village and is derived from German Wurmberg.[5] Vurberk Castle, destroyed in 1945, was first mentioned in 1244 as Wuermwerg.[6]

## Church

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The local parish church, built on a hill east of the village, next to a small castle, is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is a Baroque building from 1776.[7]

## References

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1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. ^ Duplek municipal site
3. ^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
4. ^ Kropej, Monika. 2009. Od ajda do zlatoroga: slovenska bajeslovna bitja. Ljubljana: Mohorjeva, p. 63.
5. ^ a b Kos, Dušan. 2006. In Burg und Stadt: spätmittelalterlicher Adel in Krain und Untersteiermark. Vienna: Oldenbourg, pp. 503, 508, 683.
6. ^ Stopar, Ivan. 1985. "Pregled grajskih stavb na slovenskem Štajerskem (nadaljevanje)." Celjski zbornik 21(1): 177–217, p. 209. (in Slovene)
7. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 3510

## External links

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* Media related to Vurberk at Wikimedia Commons
* Vurberk on Geopedia

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Municipality of Duplek

Settlements|

Administrative seat: Spodnji Duplek

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* Ciglence
* Dvorjane
* Jablance
* Spodnja Korena
* Vurberk
* Zgornja Korena
* Zgornji Duplek
* Žikarce
* Zimica

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Former|

* Završka Vas

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* Germany

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