Črna na Koroškem (; german: Schwarzenbach) is a town in northern

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. It is the seat of the

Municipality of Črna na Koroškem The Municipality of Črna na Koroškem ( sl, Občina Črna na Koroškem) is a municipality in northern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Črna na Koroškem. It lies in the traditional Slovenian province of Carinthia,

. It lies in the traditional Slovenian province of Carinthia, close to the border with

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Name

The settlement was first attested in written sources in 1309 under the German name ''Swarzenpach'' (and as ''Swartzenpach'' in 1318 and ''Swarczenpach'' in 1470)—all literally 'black creek'. The Slovene name ''Črna'' (literally, 'black') arose through

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from ''*Črna (voda/reka)'' 'Black Creek'. The designation "black" may have referred to water with dark silt, water that flowed through a spruce woods, or deep water with no visible bottom. The stream in question is known as Javorje Creek ( sl, Javorski potok) today. The name of the settlement was changed from ''Črna'' to ''Črna na Koroškem'' in 1970. In the past the German name was ''Schwarzenbach''.

History

A chapel at Črna in the Duchy of Carinthia was first mentioned in an 1137 deed. The settlement has a long ironworking history. A

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was established by one Mehior Puc, who moved to Črna from the Lavant Valley in 1620, started mining iron ore and built two smelting furnaces, which were among the first in the

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. This operation was sold to the Counts of Thurn-Valsassina from nearby

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in 1624, who built a new ironworking operation on the Meža River at Mušenik to the north of the town in the 18th century. After the Austrian Southern Railway company had built a railway connection to

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and

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Ravne na Koroškem Ravne na Koroškem (; until 1952: ''Guštanj''; german: Gutenstein in Kärnten) is a town in northern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Ravne na Koroškem, and the largest town and the capital of Slovenia's Carinthia region. The tow ...

a few miles down the Meža River, the Counts of Thurn moved operations there and abandoned their ironworks in Črna around 1880. The

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in the town is dedicated to Saint Oswald. It is a

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building that was erected in 1868 after the old church burned down in a fire.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 2934

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Črna na Koroškem include: * Aleš Gorza (born 1980), skier *

Mitja Kunc Mitja Kunc (born 12 November 1971 in Črna na Koroškem, SFR Yugoslavia), is a former Slovenian alpine skier. He has one victory in Alpine Skiing World Cup. The first peak of his career was in 1994 Winter Olympics, where he finished 4th in ...

(born 1971), skier * Nataša Lačen (born 1971), skier *

Maksimilijan Matjaž Maksimilijan Matjaž (born 23 August 1963) is a Slovenian prelate of the Catholic Church, serving as the third bishop of the Diocese of Celje since 5 March 2021. Early life and education Maksimilijan Matjaž was born into a Catholic family in ...

(born 1963), Roman Catholic bishop *

Tina Maze Tina Maze (; born 2 May 1983) is a retired Slovenian World Cup alpine ski racer. Career Maze is the most successful Slovenian ski racer in history with a career that culminated with two gold medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She was awarded t ...

(born 1983), skier * Irma Pavlinič-Krebs (born 1963), politician * Miro Petek (born 1959), journalist and politician *

Danilo Pudgar Danilo Pudgar (born 3 May 1952) is a Slovenian former ski jumper who competed from 1971 to 1973 representing Yugoslavia. He earned his best individual career finish of eighth in the individual large hill at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo ...

(born 1952), skier * Drago Pudgar (born 1949), skier * Katjuša Pušnik (born 1969), skier

References

External links

Črna na Koroškem on GeopediaOfficial website

Črna na Koroškem - Info page
unofficial info page {{DEFAULTSORT:Crna Na Koroskem Populated places in the Municipality of Črna na Koroškem