Črna na Koroškem (; ) is a town in northern

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. It is the seat of the Municipality of Črna na Koroškem. It lies in the traditional Slovenian province of

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, close to the border with

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. Since 2005 it has been part of the larger

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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 () 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

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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 Bleiburg 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

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company had built a railway connection to Klagenfurt and Villach at Ravne na Koroškem a few miles down the Meža River, the Counts of Thurn moved operations there and abandoned their ironworks in Črna around 1880.

Church

The

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in the town is dedicated to Saint Oswald. It is a Neo-Romanesque 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 (born 1971), skier * Nataša Lačen (born 1971), skier * Maksimilijan Matjaž (born 1963), Roman Catholic bishop *

Tina Maze Tina Maze (; born 2 May 1983) is a retired Slovenes, Slovenian FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer. She is the most successful Slovenian ski racer in history with a career that culminated with two gold medals at th ...

(born 1983), skier * Irma Pavlinič-Krebs (born 1963), politician * Miro Petek (born 1959), journalist and politician * Danilo Pudgar (born 1952), skier * Drago Pudgar (born 1949), skier * Katjuša Pušnik (born 1969), skier

References

External links

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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