Carinthia (province)
- Carinthia (province)
Koroška (Slovene for "
Carinthia ") is both a historical and a statistical region in the north ofSlovenia . [NUTS level 3: Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques, level 3: 150,000 - 800,000 inhabitants. European Union, EUSTAT (=Office of Statistics)] It is occasionally referred to as Slovene Carinthia in English in order to distinguish it from the neighbouringAustria n State of Carinthia.The name derives from the fact that the territory formed part of the
Duchy of Carinthia , which belonged to theHabsburg Empire untilWorld War I . In 1919, the newly establishedKingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamedYugoslavia ) occupied southern Carinthia. Those parts which are today Slovenian territory were annexed without referendum. However, in the region north, respectively west of this, the voters in theCarinthian Plebiscite onOctober 10 ,1920 determined that those parts should remain with the newly foundedRepublic of Austria . AfterWorld War II , the region formed part of the Yugoslav Republic ofSlovenia and remained part of an independent Slovenia after the break-up of Yugoslavia in 1991.The historical region consists of two geographical separate parts:
*the valleys of the riversDrava andMeža , centred aroundDravograd andMežica . It also contains the towns ofRavne na Koroškem , Črna andPrevalje .
*Jezersko aboveKranj The modern statistical region has different borders, as it includes the municipalities of
Slovenj Gradec ,Radlje ob Dravi ,Mislinja ,Vuzenica ,Podvelka andRibnica na Pohorju , which were historically part of Styria, while the historically Carinthian area aroundJezersko has been incorporated into the statistical region ofUpper Carniola .Notes and References
External links
* [http://www.fotw.us/flags/si(c.html Map of the statistical region of Koroška]
* [http://www.bajta.si Bajta.si] Koroška news and entertainment website (in Slovene)See also
*
Carinthian Slovenes
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