Hrastje–Mota

Coordinates: 46°36′48.73″N 16°4′46.58″E / 46.6135361°N 16.0796056°E / 46.6135361; 16.0796056
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Hrastje–Mota
Styria
Statistical regionMura
MunicipalityRadenci
Area
 • Total7.77 km2 (3.00 sq mi)
Elevation
196.1 m (643.4 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total386
[1]

Hrastje–Mota (pronounced

Mura River.[2]

History

The settlement of Hrastje–Mota was created in 1953, when the formerly separate villages of Hrastje and Mota were merged into a single settlement.[3]

Cultural heritage

There is a small chapel in the center of Hrastje and a

crossroads when the roads were widened.[4]

Notable people

cardinal of Slovene descent, was born in Mota. His birth house bears a memorial plaque from 1934 and has been protected as a cultural monument of local significance.[5]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Radenci municipal site
  3. ^ Marinković, Dragan (1991). Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990. Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. pp. 41, 67.
  4. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference numbers 12285 & 12286
  5. ^ "1002: Hrastje Mota - Rojstna hiša Jakoba Missie" [1002: Hrastje–Mota – The Birth House of Jakob Missia]. Register nepremične kulturne dediščine [Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage] (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture, Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 5 April 2014.

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