Carinthia (Slovenia)

Carinthia (Slovenia)
Koroška
Traditional region
Typical rural Carinthian landscape in Topla
Typical rural Carinthian landscape in Topla
1791/92 map of Lower Carinthia
1791/92 map of Lower Carinthia
CountrySlovenia
Elevation
400 m (1,300 ft)
DemonymCarinthian
Traditional regions of Slovenia.

Carinthia (Slovene: Koroška [kɔˈɾóːʃka] ⓘ; German: Kärnten), also Slovene Carinthia or Slovenian Carinthia (Slovenska Koroška),[notes 1] is a traditional region in northern Slovenia.[notes 2] The term refers to the small southeasternmost area of the former Duchy of Carinthia, which after World War I was allocated to the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs according to the 1919 Treaty of Saint-Germain. It has no distinct centre, but a local centre in each of the three central river valleys among the heavily forested mountains.[2]: 14 

Since the entry of Slovenia into the European Union in May 2004, much effort has been made to re-integrate Carinthia as a cultural, tourism, and economic unit.[3] The historical region has no official status within Slovenia and does not territorially correspond to today's Carinthia Statistical Region, but popular identification with Carinthia as an informal province remains common.

  1. ^ a b c Keber, Štefan (2008). "Slovenska Koroška – Zgodovinsko-geografski oris". Kronika (in Slovenian, English, and German). 56 (2). Zveza zgodovinskih društev za Slovenijo, sekcija za krajevno zgodovino [Section for the History of Places, Union of Historical Societies of Slovenia]. ISSN 0023-4923.
  2. ^ "Koroška". Portrait of the Regions – Slovenia. Vol. 9. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. 2000. ISBN 92-828-9404-5.
  3. ^ Buhvald, Peter (2010). Diplomsko delo: Državna meja na Koroškem - most ali prepreka med občinama Pliberk in Prevalje [Diploma Thesis: The State Border in Carinthia - a Bridge or a Barrier between the Municipalities of Bleiburg and Prevalje] (PDF) (in Slovenian and English). p. 8. COBISS 42500706.[permanent dead link‍]


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