Vuhred

Vuhred
1920s postcard of Vuhred
Vuhred
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°35′32.98″N 15°13′58.23″E / 46.5924944°N 15.2328417°E / 46.5924944; 15.2328417Coordinates: 46°35′32.98″N 15°13′58.23″E / 46.5924944°N 15.2328417°E / 46.5924944; 15.2328417
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Carinthia
Municipality Radlje ob Dravi
Area
 • Total 5.14 km2 (1.98 sq mi)
Elevation 371.2 m (1,217.8 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 818
[1]

Vuhred (pronounced [ˈʋuːxɾɛt]; German: Wuchern[2]) is a village on the right bank of the Drava River in the Municipality of Radlje ob Dravi in Slovenia.[3]

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was built in 1884 on the foundations of a 17th-century church.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 264.
  3. ↑ Radlje ob Dravi municipal site
  4. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 3509


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