Sakušak
Encyclopedia
Sakušak is a settlement in the Slovenske gorice
hills in the Juršinci
municipality
in northeastern Slovenia
. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Styria
. It is now included with the rest of the municipality into the Podravje statistical region
.
The inventor Janez Puh
was born in the village in 1862. The house in which he was born, Sakušak No. 79, has been included by the Slovenian Ministry of Culture on their list of heritage locations.
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...
hills in the Juršinci
Juršinci
Juršinci is a settlement and a small municipality in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the Slovenske gorice hills. Until 1995 it was part of the Ptuj municipality. Traditionally the area was part of the Lower Styria region...
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 area is 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 with the rest of the municipality into the Podravje 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...
.
The inventor Janez Puh
Johann Puch
Johann Puch was an inventor and mechanic who went on to become a very significant vehicle producer in Europe...
was born in the village in 1862. The house in which he was born, Sakušak No. 79, has been included by the Slovenian Ministry of Culture on their list of heritage locations.