Vurberk () is a settlement in the Municipality of Duplek in northeastern Slovenia. It lies on the left bank of the Drava River on the southwestern edge of the Slovene Hills (), southeast of Maribor. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.Duplek municipal site
Name The name of the settlement was changed from Vumpah to Vurberk in 1982.Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS. The Slovene name Vumpah is derived from German Wurmbach and was first attested as such in 1496.Kropej, Monika. 2009. Od ajda do zlatoroga: slovenska bajeslovna bitja. Ljubljana: Mohorjeva, p. 63.Kos, Dušan. 2006. In Burg und Stadt: spätmittelalterlicher Adel in Krain und Untersteiermark. Vienna: Oldenbourg, pp. 503, 508, 683. The Slovene name Vurberk originally referred to the castle above the village and is derived from German Wurmberg. Vurberk Castle, destroyed in 1945, was first mentioned in 1244 as Wuermwerg.Stopar, Ivan. 1985. "Pregled grajskih stavb na slovenskem Štajerskem (nadaljevanje)." Celjski zbornik 21(1): 177–217, p. 209.
Church The local parish church, built on a hill east of the village, next to a small castle, is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is a Baroque building from 1776.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 3510
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External links
Vurberk on Geopedia