Ptuj
Ptuj
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Ptuj (pronounced
History
Roman Empire (69–476AD)
Ostrogothic Kingdom (476–552)
Lombards (552–568)
Pannonian Avars (568–623, 658–700)
Samo's Empire (623–658)
Early Slavs (700–795)
Francia (795–840)
Balaton Principality(840–874)
Archbishop of Salzburg (977–1555)
Habsburg Monarchy (1555–1804)
Austrian Empire (1804–1867)
Austria-Hungary (1867–1918)
State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (1918)
Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941)
Nazi Germany (1941–1944)
SFR Yugoslavia[3] (1944–1991)
Slovenia 1991–Present
Earliest history
Ptuj is the oldest recorded town in Slovenia. There is evidence that the area was settled in the Stone Age. In the Late Iron Age it was settled by Celts.[4]
AD 69: Ptuj is mentioned for the first time
By the 1st century BC, the settlement was controlled by
The city had 40,000 inhabitants until it was plundered by the Huns in 450.[4]
Middle Ages
In 570 the city was occupied by
Habsburg Monarchy and Austria-Hungary
After the re-establishment of the Habsburg rule in 1490, following Matthias Corvinus's conquests, the Archbishop of Salzburg was stripped of the remaining temporal authority over the town and the surrounding areas; Ptuj (known in German as Pettau) was officially incorporated into the Duchy of Styria in 1555.[4]
Pettau was a battleground during the Ottoman wars in Europe and suffered from fires in 1684, 1705, 1710, and 1744.[4] Its population and importance began to decline in the 19th century, however, after the completion of the Vienna-Trieste route of the Austrian Southern Railway, as the line went through Marburg (Maribor) instead.
According to the 1910 Austro-Hungarian census, 86% of the population of Pettau's Old Town was
Establishment of Yugoslavia
After the military intervention of the Slovenian general
World War II
After the
Since 1945, Ptuj has been populated almost completely by Slovenes.
Culture
The Kurent or Korant Carnival
Ptuj is the center place of a ten-day-long
Kurent or Korant is a figure dressed in sheep skin who go about the town wearing masks, a long red tongue, cow bells, and multi-colored ribbons on the head. The Kurent(s) from Ptuj and the adjoining villages also wear feathers, while those from the Haloze and Lancova Vas wear horns. Organized in groups, Kurents go through town, from house to house, making noise with their bells and wooden sticks, to symbolically scare off evil spirits and the winter.
Landmarks
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint George and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is a three-naved Gothic building from the 13th and early 14th century, but the structure incorporates parts of a much earlier structure, dating to the mid-9th century.[5]
- Ptuj Castle
- St. George's Church
- Little Castle
- Ptuj Town Hall
- Ptuj Town Theatre
- Town Tower
- Dominican monastery
- Orpheus Monument
- Franciscan monastery
- Upper Mansion
- St. Oswald's Church
Town quarters
Notable people
- Brigita Brezovac (born 1979), bodybuilder
- Nastja Čeh (born 1978), Slovenian international footballer
- Laris Gaiser (born 1977), geopolitical analyst and expert of international relations
- Tim Gajser (born 1996), motocross racer
- Luigi Kasimir (1881−1962), artist
- Benka Pulko (born 1967), long-distance motorcycle traveler, writer, photographer, humanitarian and Guinness World Record holder
- Miha Remec (1920−2020), science fiction author
- Angela Salloker (1913−2006), actress
- Aljaž Skorjanec(born 1990), dancer and choreographer
- Viktor Skrabar (1877–1938), lawyer and archaeologist[6][7]
- Aleš Šteger (born 1973), poet
- Victorinus of Pettau (died 303), bishop and martyr
- Dejan Zavec(born 1976), boxer
Sister cities
Ptuj is
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Gallery
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Ouroboros at Ptuj Castle
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Seen from the castle
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A street in the center of Ptuj
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Panoramic view from Ptuj Castle
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Panoramic view of Ptuj
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Orpheus Monument at Slovene Square
References
- ^ Sasel, J. "The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites,POETOVIO(Ptuj) Yugoslavia". The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 4.
- ^ Known as: Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (1944–1945); Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1963); Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1963–1992)
- ^ a b c d e f g PtujTourism.si. "The History of Ptuj". Accessed November 8, 2006.
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 582
- ^ "Skrabar, Viktor (1877–1938)". Slovenska biografija. Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
- ^ "130 let Pokrajinskega muzeja Ptuj – Ormož: Povod za nastanek je bil ohranitev arheološke zbirke". RTV SLO. September 23, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
External links
- Media related to Ptuj at Wikimedia Commons
- Ptuj on Geopedia
- ptuj.info (tourism)