Pekre
Place in Styria, Slovenia
46°32′37.62″N 15°35′30.08″E / 46.5437833°N 15.5916889°E / 46.5437833; 15.5916889
Slovenia (2021)[1]
Pekre (pronounced [ˈpeːkɾɛ]) is a settlement southwest of Maribor in northeastern Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Maribor.[3]
The local landmark is the church on top of a small hill to the east of the main settlement. It is dedicated to Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows and was built as a pilgrimage church between 1832 and 1835. There are also four small chapel-shrines along the road leading up to the church.[4]
The first military clash between the Yugoslav People's Army and the Slovenian Territorial Defence in Slovenia's war of independence happened in Pekre on 23 May 1991.[5]
References
- ^ "Prebivalstvo po naseljih, podrobni podatki, Slovenija, 1. januar 2021". stat.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Maribor municipal site
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 3103
- ^ "20. obletnica pekrskih dogodkov" [20th Anniversary of the Pekre Events - the Introduction to the Independence War]. MMC RTV Slovenia. 21 May 2011.
External links
Media related to Pekre at Wikimedia Commons- Pekre on Geopedia
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- Angels (statues)
- Carinthia Street
- Cathedral Peak
- Drava
- Hutter Colony
- Kalvarija Hill
- Liberation Monument
- Main Square
- Maribor Island
- Maribor Park
- Market Hall
- Plague Column
- Pyramid
- Old Bridge (List of bridges in Maribor)
- Railway Station
- Revolution Square
- Strossmayer Street
- Trieste Street
- University of Maribor
- Zamorc Hotel
- Betnava Mansion
- Jewish Tower
- Judgement Tower
- Orešje Castle
- Račji Dvor Mansion
- Town Castle
- Town Hall
- Upper Maribor Castle
- Vetrinje Mansion
- Water Tower
- Basilica of Our Mother of Mercy
- Capuchin Church
- Cathedral
- Synagogue
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- Dobrava
- Košaki
- Ledine
- Marija Brezje
- Nova Vas
- Spodnje Radvanje
- Za Gradom
- Zgornje Radvanje
- Academic Choir
- Aquarium
- Carmina Slovenica
- Lent Festival
- Maribor Slovene National Theatre
- Obzorja Publishing House
- Philharmonic Orchestra
- Račji Dvor Open-Air Museum
- Radio City
- Slava Klavora Theatre
