Sobetinci () is a settlement in the

Municipality of Markovci The Municipality of Markovci (; ) is a municipality in the traditional region of Styria in northeastern Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the nor ...

in northeastern

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. Its earliest known mention in written documents comes from an

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of the

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dating to 1322. The area is part of the traditional region of

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. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the

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.Markovci municipal site
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References

External links

Sobetinci on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Markovci {{Markovci-geo-stub