Svečina (pronounced [sʋɛˈtʃiːna], German: Witschein[2]) is a settlement in the western Slovene Hills (Slovene: Slovenske gorice) north of Plač in the Municipality of Kungota in northeastern Slovenia.

[3] Svečina was attested in historical sources as Wetschin and Wetsine in 1197 (and as Wetschein and Baetscheine in 1269, among other spellings).

The name may be derived from the common noun *věťe 'council', with the initial s- possibly by association with the related word svet 'advice'.

Since 1936 it has been a secondary school, now belonging to the Agricultural College from Maribor.

[6] Notable people that were born or lived in Svečina include: