Lenart
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For the Lenart Elementary School, see Lenart Regional Gifted Center
.
For the computer virus known as Lenart, see AntiCMOS.
Lenart is a small town and municipality
in northeastern Slovenia
. The municipality of Lenart has just over 11,000 inhabitants and the town itself has around 4,000. It is considered the centre of Slovenske gorice
. The area was part of the traditional region of Lower Styria
. It is now included in the Drava statistical region
.
The local parish church
from which the village and municipality get their name is dedicated to Saint Leonard
and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is originally a Gothic
church, first mentioned in written documents dating to 1196. It was expanded in the 16th century.
Lenart Regional Gifted Center
Ted Lenart Regional Gifted Center is located in the southeast side of Chicago Chatham neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois Lenart School serves grades K-8 with a selective enrollment program for gifted students. The school is part of the Chicago Public Schools, CPS, system...
.
For the computer virus known as Lenart, see AntiCMOS.
Lenart is a small town and municipality
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 northeastern 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...
. The municipality of Lenart has just over 11,000 inhabitants and the town itself has around 4,000. It is considered the centre of Slovenske gorice
Slovenske gorice
Slovenske gorice with an area of 1017 km2 is the largest hilly region of Slovenia, a smaller part is located in the Austrian province of Styria...
. The area was part of the traditional region of Lower Styria
Lower Styria
Lower Styria or Slovenian Styria is a traditional region in northeastern Slovenia, comprising the southern third of the former Duchy of Styria. The population of Lower Styria in its historical boundaries amounts to around 705,000 inhabitants, or 34.5% of the population of Slovenia...
. It is now included in the Drava statistical region
Podravska statistical region
The Drava statistical region is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Maribor. Its name comes from the Drava River and includes land on both banks along its course through Slovenia as well as the Pohorje mountains in the northeast of the region. The Drava is used for...
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The local parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
from which the village and municipality get their name 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 belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is originally a Gothic
Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
church, first mentioned in written documents dating to 1196. It was expanded in the 16th century.