| Name | Ptuj |
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| Settlement type | City |
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| Image shield | Ptuj-grb.png |
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| Map caption | Location of the Municipality of Ptuj in Slovenia |
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| Pushpin map | Slovenia |
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| Pushpin label position | left |
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| Pushpin map caption | Location of the city of Ptuj in Slovenia |
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| Coordinates region | SI |
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| Subdivision type | Country |
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| Subdivision name | |
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| Subdivision type1 | Region |
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| Subdivision name1 | Lower Styria |
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| Subdivision type2 | Municipality |
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| Subdivision name2 | Ptuj |
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| Leader title | Mayor |
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| Leader name | Štefan Čelan (LDS) |
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| Unit pref | Metric |
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| Area total km2 | 66.7 |
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| Elevation footnotes | |
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| Population as of | 2002 |
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| Population total | 23242 |
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| Population density km2 | auto |
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| Timezone1 | CET |
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| Utc offset1 | +01 |
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| Timezone1 dst | CEST |
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| Utc offset1 dst | +02 |
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| Coor pinpoint | |
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| Coordinates display | title |
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| Postal code type | |
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| Postal code | 2250 |
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| Website | Official site |
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| Footnotes | Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002. |
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Ptuj () (; ) is a city and one of 11 urban municipalities in Slovenia. Traditionally the area was part of the Lower Styria region. The municipality is now included in the Podravje statistical region. It has about 23,000 inhabitants.
The nearest airports are Ptuj Sport Airfield (Moškanjci), which is seven kilometers away, and Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport, which is eighteen kilometers away.
History
in a wall of the castle of Ptuj]]
Ptuj is the oldest city in Slovenia. There is evidence that the area was settled in the Stone Age. In the Late Iron Age it was settled by Celts. By the 1st century BC, the settlement was controlled by Ancient Rome. In 69 AD, Vespasian was elected Roman Emperor by the Danubian legions in Ptuj, and the first written mention of the city of Ptuj is from the same year. The city of Poetovio was the base-camp of Legio XIII Gemina in Pannonia. The name originated in the times of Emperor Trajan, who granted the settlement city status and named it Colonia Ulpia Traiana Poetovio in 103. The city had 40,000 inhabitants until it was plundered by the Huns in 450.
The Kurent or Korant Carnival
Ptuj is the center place of a ten-day-long
carnival in the spring, an ancient
Slavic pagan rite of spring and fertility, called
Kurentovanje or
Korantovanje.
Kurent is believed to be the name of an ancient god of
hedonism - the Slavic counterpart of the Greek
Priapos, although there are no written records.
Kurenti or Koranti (singular: Kurent or Korant) are figures dressed in sheep skin who go about the town wearing masks, a long red tongue, cow bells, and multi-colored ribbons on the head. The Kurenti from Ptuj and the adjoining villages also wear feathers, while those from the Haloze and Lancova vas wear horns. Organized in groups, Kurents go through town, from house to house, making noise with their bells and wooden sticks, to symbolically scare off evil spirits and the winter.
People
Victorinus of Pettau, bishop of the city and Catholic saint
Nastja Čeh, Slovene footballer, played in the UEFA Champions League with Club Brugge
Miha Remec, Slovene science fiction author
Benka Pulko, Slovene long distance motorcycle traveler, writer, photographer, humanitarian and Guinness World Record Holder
Laris Gaiser, geopolitical analyst and expert of international relations
Dejan Zavec, Box champion
International relations
Twin towns — sister cities
Ptuj is
twinned with:
- Aranđelovac, Serbia
- Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia (2002)
- Burghausen, Germany (2001)
- Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia (2006)
- Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France (1998)
- Varaždin, Croatia (2004)
Settlements in the Ptuj municipality
Breg
Grajena
Grajenščak
Kicar
Krčevina pri Vurbergu
Kidricevo
Mestni Vrh
Pacinje
Podvinci
Ptuj
Spodnji Velovlek
Spuhlja
Gallery
A virtual visit of Ptuj (Boštjan Burger)
References
Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. July 31, 2005.
External links
Municipal website
Ptuj Tourism
Ptuj TV portal
Radio Tednik Ptuj
Category:Populated places in the Municipality of Ptuj
Category:Municipalities of Slovenia
Category:Spa towns in Slovenia
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