Jurski Vrh

Jurski Vrh (pronounced [ˈjuːɾski ˈʋəɾx]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Kungota in the western part of the Slovene Hills (Slovene: Slovenske gorice) in northeastern Slovenia, right on the border with Austria.

It includes the hamlet of Jurij ob Pesnici, on the left bank of the Pesnica River, as well as the dispersed houses in the hills north of the village.

The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.

[3][4][5] The parish church, from which the village gets its name, is dedicated to Saint George (Slovene: sveti Jurij) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor.

The current building dates to the 16th century and is a typical example of Gothic architecture of the region with a single nave.