Stara Gora () is a small settlement in the

Municipality of Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici The Municipality of Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici (; ) is a municipality in the traditional region of Lower Styria, Styria in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici. Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici beca ...

in northeastern

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. It lies on a small hill just south of the

Ščavnica The Ščavnica (; German: ''Stainz'') is a river in Styria, Slovenia. It sources near Zgornja Velka and flows along the Slovene Hills towards the southeast. It passes Negova Castle and Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici, traverses Lake Gajševci () and ...

Valley. The area is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included in the

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

. The village

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is dedicated to the

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and belongs to the Parish of Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici. It was built between 1674 and 1697.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 24601

References

External links

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Stara Gora on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici {{SvetiJurijobŠčavnici-geo-stub