Sakušak

Place in Styria, Slovenia
46°30′0.25″N 15°58′53.26″E / 46.5000694°N 15.9814611°E / 46.5000694; 15.9814611Country SloveniaTraditional regionStyriaStatistical regionDravaMunicipalityJuršinciArea
 • Total2.43 km2 (0.94 sq mi)Elevation
274.9 m (901.9 ft)Population
 (2002)
 • Total203[1]

Sakušak (pronounced [ˈsaːkuʃak], in older sources also Sakošak,[2] German: Sakuschak[2]) is a settlement in the Slovene Hills (Slovene: Slovenske gorice) in the Municipality of Juršinci in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Drava Statistical Region.[3]

The inventor Johann Puch was born in the village in 1862. The house in which he was born, Sakušak no. 79, has been included by the Slovenian Ministry of Culture on its list of heritage locations.[4]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ a b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 238.
  3. ^ Juršinci municipal site
  4. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 9731

External links

  • Sakušak on Geopedia
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Administrative seat: Juršinci
Current
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  • Gibinščak
  • Lipovec
  • Oblačak
  • Oblaki
  • Vinšak
  • Zagorski Zasadi
The location of the Municipality of Juršinci
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