Slovenj Gradec
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| Area: | 173.7 km² | |
| Population - males - females | 12,779 6,273 6,506 | |
| Average age: | 40.85 years | |
| Residential areas: - households: - families: | 27.45 m²/person 5,644 4,791 | |
| Working active: - unemployed: | 8,137 790 | |
| Average monthly salary (August 2003): - gross: - net: | 218,755 SIT 142,198 SIT | |
| College/university students: | 708 | |
| Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002. | ||
In 1918, the area was a German-speaking island in a Slovenian area. In the 1880 census, the area was 75-percent German-speaking and 25-percent Slovene-speaking. After the end of the First World War, most of the Germans returned to Austria; those who remained behind were expelled in 1945.
In 1860 Hugo Wolf, a composer, was born here--his birthplace is now a music school. Other important structures near his birthplace include the parish church on the main square, which is a gothic chapel with frescos from the middle of the 15th century. In 2003, an acheological excavation uncovered the ruins of the oldest church in all of Carinthia, which originates from the Carolingian period.
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- The information in this article is based on and translated from that found in its German equivalent.
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| Urban municipalities: Celje | Koper | Kranj | Ljubljana | Maribor | Murska Sobota | |
| Nova Gorica | Novo Mesto | Ptuj | Slovenj Gradec | Velenje | |
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