Pesnica pri Mariboru (; german: Pößnitzhofen) is a settlement in northeastern

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

. It is the administrative centre of the

Municipality of Pesnica The Municipality of Pesnica ( sl, Občina Pesnica) is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is Pesnica pri Mariboru, a suburb near Maribor. It lies at the western end of the Slovene Hills in the Upper Pesnica Vall ...

History

The settlement started to develop with the arrival of the railway in the 19th century, and particularly developed after World War II. After 1945, Pesnica became the centre of the western

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. The elementary school and preschool in Pesnica were built by the Germans during the war. Since 1994, Pesnica has been the seat of the Styria Technological Park.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Pesnica include: *

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), 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), writer, screenwriter, and politician * Ivo Štandeker (1961–1992), writer and journalist

References

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* Populated places in the Municipality of Pesnica {{Pesnica-geo-stub