The Municipality of Pesnica ( sl, Občina Pesnica) is a

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in northeastern

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. The seat of the municipality is Pesnica pri Mariboru, a suburb near

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. It lies at the western end of the

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in the Upper Pesnica Valley. The area is part of the traditional region of

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. It is now included in the

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as part of the Pesnica Administrative Unit ( sl, Upravna enota Pesnica). The main economic activities in the area are tourism, transportation, viticulture, winemaking, craftsmanship and farming.

Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Pesnica pri Mariboru, the municipality also includes the following settlements: * Dolnja Počehova * Dragučova *

Drankovec Drankovec () is a small settlement in the Municipality of Municipality of Pesnica, Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the western part of the Slovenske Gorice, Slovene Hills ( sl, Slovenske gorice). The area is part of the traditional reg ...

* Flekušek *

Gačnik Gačnik () is a settlement in the Municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the western part of the Slovene Hills ( sl, Slovenske gorice) in the valley of Gačnik Creek ( sl, Gačniški potok), a minor tributary of the Pesnica ...

Jareninski Dol Jareninski Dol (, german: Jahringthal, locally known as ''Jarenina'') is a village in the Municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the western part of the Slovene Hills ( sl, Slovenske gorice). The area is part of the tradition ...

* Jareninski Vrh * Jelenče * Kušernik *

Ložane Ložane (; german: Lasach) is a settlement in the Municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. It is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region. Four intact Roman-peri ...

* Mali Dol *

Pernica Pernica (; german: Pernitzen) is a village in the Municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region. The parish church in the settleme ...

Pesniški Dvor Pesniški Dvor () is a settlement in the Municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Ita ...

Počenik Počenik () is a settlement in the Municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the Slovene Hills The Slovene Hills or the Slovenian Hills ( sl, Slovenske gorice, german: Windische Bühel or ) is the largest hilly region of Sloven ...

Polička Vas Polička Vas (; sl, Polička vas) is a settlement in the Slovene Hills ( sl, Slovenske gorice) in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers ...

Polički Vrh Polički Vrh () is a settlement in the Municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the Slovene Hills The Slovene Hills or the Slovenian Hills ( sl, Slovenske gorice, german: Windische Bühel or ) is the largest hilly region of Sl ...

* Ranca *

Ročica Ročica () is a settlement in the Slovene Hills ( sl, Slovenske gorice) in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or ju ...

Slatenik Slatenik () is a small dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the Slovene Hills The Slovene Hills or the Slovenian Hills ( sl, Slovenske gorice, german: Windische Bühel or ) is the largest hilly ...

* Spodnje Dobrenje * Spodnje Hlapje * Spodnji Jakobski Dol * Vajgen * Vosek * Vukovje * Vukovski Dol * Vukovski Vrh * Zgornje Hlapje * Zgornji Jakobski Dol

Notable people

Notable people from Pesnica include: *

Rene Krhin Rene Krhin (born 21 May 1990) is a Slovenian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Central midfielder, central midfielder. Club career Internazionale Born in Maribor, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Slovenia), ...

(born 1990), a football player *

Jan Muršak Jan Muršak (born 20 January 1988) is a professional Slovenian ice hockey player for Frölunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Muršak first played hockey in Slovenia as a member of HDK Maribor before he left to spend one season in the Cz ...

(born 1988), a hockey player *

Tone Partljič Tone Partljič (born 5 August 1940) is a Slovene writer, playwright and politician. Between 1990 and 2004 he was a member of the Slovenian National Assembly, from 1994 as a member of the LDS party. He was also president of the Slovene Writers' ...

(born 1940), a writer, screenwriter, and politician * (1961–1992), a writer and journalist who was killed in

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during the war

References

External links

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Pesnica municipal site

Municipality of Pesnica on Geopedia
Pesnica Pesnica 1994 establishments in Slovenia {{Pesnica-geo-stub