The Municipality of Ljutomer (; sl, Občina Ljutomer) is a

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in northeastern

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, some east of

Maribor Maribor ( , , , ; also known by other #Name, historical names) is the second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Styria (Slovenia), Lower Styria. It is also the seat of the City Municipality of Maribor, th ...

. Traditionally it was part of the region of

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. It is now included in the

Mura Statistical Region The Mura Statistical Region ( sl, Pomurska statistična regija) is a statistical region in northeast Slovenia. It is predominantly agricultural with field crops representing over three-quarters of the total agricultural area (twice as much as the ...

. Its largest settlement and the administrative seat is Ljutomer.

Geography

The municipality includes Ljutomer Ponds–Jeruzalem Hills Nature Park ( sl, Krajinski park Ljutomerski ribniki – Jeruzalemske gorice), which covers .Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning: Širša zavarovana območja (Large Protected Areas).
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Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Ljutomer, the municipality also includes the following settlements: * Babinci * Bodislavci * Branoslavci * Bučkovci * Cezanjevci * Cuber * Cven * Desnjak * Drakovci * Globoka * Godemarci * Gresovščak * Grlava * Ilovci * Jeruzalem * Krapje * Krištanci * Kuršinci * Mala Nedelja * Mekotnjak * Moravci v Slovenskih Goricah *

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* Noršinci pri Ljutomeru * Nunska Graba * Plešivica * Podgradje * Precetinci * Presika * Pristava * Radomerje *

Radomerščak Radomerščak (, german: Pichelberg) is a settlement in the Municipality of Ljutomer in northeastern Slovenia. The area traditionally belonged to the Styria region and is now included in the Mura Statistical Region. The Slovene philologist Fran ...

* Radoslavci * Rinčetova Graba * Šalinci * Sitarovci * Slamnjak * Spodnji Kamenščak * Stara Cesta * Stročja Vas * Vidanovci * Vogričevci * Železne Dveri * Zgornji Kamenščak

Notable people

The Ljutomer area was the birthplace of the

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and Romantic poet

Stanko Vraz Stanko Vraz (born Jakob Frass; 30 June 1810 – 20 May 1851) was a Slovenian- Croatian poet. He Slavicized his name to ''Stanko Vraz'' in 1836. Biography Born in the village of Cerovec in Lower Styria, Austrian Empire (today in Slovenia), Vraz ...

(1810–1851),

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

Franz Miklosich Franz Miklosich (german: Franz Ritter von Miklosich, also known in Slovene as ; 20 November 1813 – 7 March 1891) was a Slovene philologist. Early life Miklosich was born in the small village of Radomerščak near the Lower Styrian town of Lju ...

(1813–1891), pioneer of film making Karol Grossmann (1864–1929), and painter Ante Trstenjak (1894–1970).

References

External links

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Municipality of Ljutomer on GeopediaLjutomer municipal site
{{Authority control Ljutomer 1994 establishments in Slovenia