Mislinja (kraj)
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Mislinja is a settlement and a municipality
in northern Slovenia
. It lies in the valley of the Mislinja River and the surrounding hills. The area was part of the traditional region of Carinthia. It is now also included in the Carinthia statistical region
.
There are two churches in the settlement, both belonging to the Parish
of Šentilj pod Turjakom
. One is dedicated to Saint Leonard
and was built in the mid-17th century on the site of an earlier church, first mentioned in written documents dating to 1476. The second is dedicated to Saint Agathius
. It was built in the 14th century and is preserved more or less in its original from.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in northern Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
. It lies in the valley of the Mislinja River and the surrounding hills. The area was part of the traditional region of Carinthia. It is now also included in the Carinthia statistical region
Koroška statistical region
The Carinthia statistical region is a statistical region in northern Slovenia along the border with Austria. It includes parts of the traditional regions of Slovenian Carinthia and Lower Styria and has a total area of 1041 km²....
.
There are two churches in the settlement, both belonging to the Parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
of Šentilj pod Turjakom
Šentilj pod Turjakom
Šentilj pod Turjakom is a village in the Mislinja municipality in northern Slovenia. The area was part of the traditional region of Carinthia. It is now included in the Carinthia statistical region....
. One is dedicated to Saint Leonard
Leonard of Noblac
Leonard of Noblac or of Limoges or de Noblet , is a Frankish saint closely associated with the town and abbey of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, in Haute-Vienne, in the Limousin of France.-Traditional biography:According to the romance that...
and was built in the mid-17th century on the site of an earlier church, first mentioned in written documents dating to 1476. The second is dedicated to Saint Agathius
Agathius
Saint Agathius , also known as Achatius or Agathonas or Acacius of Byzantium, was a Cappadocian Greek centurion of the imperial army...
. It was built in the 14th century and is preserved more or less in its original from.