Vuhred (pronounced [ˈʋuːxɾɛt]; German: Wuchern[2]) is a village on the right bank of the Drava River in the Municipality of Radlje ob Dravi in Slovenia.[3]

Vuhred
1920s postcard of Vuhred
1920s postcard of Vuhred
Vuhred is located in Slovenia
Vuhred
Vuhred
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°35′32.98″N 15°13′58.23″E / 46.5924944°N 15.2328417°E / 46.5924944; 15.2328417
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionStyria
Statistical regionCarinthia
MunicipalityRadlje ob Dravi
Area
 • Total5.14 km2 (1.98 sq mi)
Elevation
371.2 m (1,217.8 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total818
[1]

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was built in 1884 on the foundations of a 17th-century church.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 264.
  3. ^ Radlje ob Dravi municipal site
  4. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 3509

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