Slovene Hills






Vineyards in Jeruzalem


The Slovene Hills[1][2] or the Slovenian Hills[3][4] (Slovene: Slovenske gorice, German: Windische Bühel[5] or Windische Büheln[6]) is the largest hilly region of Slovenia, a smaller part is located in the Austrian province of Styria. It is situated in the northeast of the country and has an area of 1,017 square kilometres (393 sq mi). It comprises the Western Slovene Hills and the Eastern Slovene Hills (also named Prlekija). The region is known for its vineyards and wines. The central town and municipality is Lenart.



Overview


The Slovene Hills area consists of Cenozoic hills, for the most part lower than 400 metres (1,300 ft) in elevation, and one of the most individualized landscapes of Slovenia. There are a multitude of low ridges and hills traversed by numerous river valleys, which extend from the northwest towards southeast almost linearly. They border the Mura River to the east, the Drava River to the west, Croatia to the south, and the Gamlitz River in Austria to the north. The climate is a moderate continental climate with the amount of precipitation decreasing and average temperatures increasing from the west towards the east. There are also pronounced vertical differences due to the temperature inversion. The average annual precipitation ranges from 900 to 1,000 millimetres (35 to 39 in), with the largest part falling in the growth period.[7]


In 1991, the Slovene Hills had 92,320 inhabitants, but this number is gradually falling. Larger serried settlements have formed only along Velka Creek, Globovnica Creek, and James Creek (Slovene: Jakobski potok). Elsewhere, farms are densely disposed in long strips along the hill ridges.


The region has been included in the European Natura 2000 network. It is the only nesting region for the European roller (Coracias garrulus) in Slovenia. The green woodpecker (Picus viridis), the hoopoe (Upupa epops), the common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), the turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur), the red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio), and the yellowhammer (Emberiza citrenella) nest there as well.



References





  1. ^ Almond, Nina; Lutz, Ralph Haswell (1935). The Treaty of St. Germain: A Documentary History of Its Territorial and Political Causes, with a Survey of the Documents of the Supreme Council of the Paris Peace Conference. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. p. 407..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Barker, Thomas Mack (1990). Social Revolutionaries and Secret Agents: The Carinthian Slovene Partisans and Britain's Special Operations Executive. Boulder, CO: East European Monographs. p. 164.


  3. ^ Markey, Tom (2001). "A Tale of Two Helmets: The Negau A and B Inscriptions". Journal of Indo-European Studies. 29 (1/2): 69–172.


  4. ^ Reindl, Donald F. (2008). Language Contact, German and Slovenian. Bochum: Universitätsverlag Brockmeyer. p. 39.


  5. ^ "Marburger Kreis." 1835. Oesterreichische National-Encyklopädie, vol. 3. Vienna: Mich. Schmidl's Witwe und Ign. Klang, p. 556.


  6. ^ Helmedach, Andreas. 2002. Das Verkehrssystem als Modernisierungsfaktor. Munich: Oldenbourg, p. 548.


  7. ^ Urbanc, Mimi (2002). "Kulturna pokrajina pobočij in slemen na panonskih gričevjih, primer: Vinski vrh v Slovenskih goricah" [The Cultural Landscape of the Slopes and Ridges of Pannonian Low Hills, Example: Vinski Vrh in the Slovene Hills]. Kulturne pokrajine v Sloveniji [Cultural Landscapes of Slovenia] (in Slovenian). Založba ZRC. p. 161. ISBN 9789616358644.




External links




  • Media related to Slovene Hills at Wikimedia Commons


  • Map of the Slovene Hills. Geopedia.si


Coordinates: 46°35′N 15°55′E / 46.583°N 15.917°E / 46.583; 15.917







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