Mežica

Name	Mežica
Native name	Občina Mežica
Native name lang	sl
Settlement type	Town and Municipality
Image map	obcine mezica.png
Map caption	Location of the Municipality of Mežica in Slovenia
Pushpin map	Slovenia
Pushpin map caption	Location of the Town of Mežica in Slovenia
Latd	46\|latm = 31\|lats = \|latNS = N
Longd	14\|longm = 51\|longs = \|longEW = E
Coordinates type	region:SI_type:city
Coordinates display	inline,title
Coordinates region	SI
Subdivision type	Country
Subdivision name
Seat type
Leader title	Mayor
Unit pref	Metric
Area total km2	26.4
Population total	3966
Population as of	2002
Population density km2	auto
Timezone1	CET
Utc offset1	+01
Timezone1 dst	CEST
Utc offset1 dst	+02
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Mežica (German: Mießdorf) is a town and a municipality in northern Slovenia. It lies on the river Meža in the traditional Slovenian province of Carinthia) near the Austrian border. The town developed close to a lead and zinc mine under Mount Peca. Mining began in 1665 and ended in 1994. Today the mine is only open for tourist visits.

The town once homed a small ski area on Peca mountain, but this closed soon after the mining operations ceased to operate.

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Jacob. It is a single nave building built in 1840 to replace an earlier smaller building.

References

External links

Mežica on Geopedia

Mežica, official page of municipality (in Slovene)

Peca Underground, tourist mine and museum (in Slovene, English and German)

Mežica na spletu Local information portal

Category:Populated places in the Municipality of Mežica Category:Municipalities of Slovenia

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