The Municipality of Hajdina (; sl, Občina Hajdina) is a small
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
on the right bank of the
Drava River near
Ptuj
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in northeastern
Slovenia
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. Its administrative seat is the village of
Zgornja Hajdina. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
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. The municipality is now included in the
Drava Statistical Region
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. Sights include relics of the Roman settlement of
Poetovio and the
parish church
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of
Saint Martin in Zgornja Hajdina.
Hajdina municipal site
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Settlements
In addition to the municipal seat of Zgornja Hajdina, the municipality also includes the following settlements:
* Draženci
* Gerečja Vas
Gerečja Vas (; sl, Gerečja vas, german: Gersdorf) is a village in the Municipality of Hajdina in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Drava Stati ...
* Hajdoše
Hajdoše (, in older sources ''Hudoše'', german: Siebendorf) is a settlement on the right bank of the Drava River in the Municipality of Hajdina in northeastern Slovenia. It lies along the regional road from Maribor to Ptuj. The area is part of th ...
* Skorba
The Skorba temples are megalithic remains on the northern edge of Żebbiegħ, in Malta, which have provided detailed and informative insight into the earliest periods of Malta's neolithic culture. The site was only excavated in the early 1960s, ...
* Slovenja Vas
Slovenja Vas (; sl, Slovenja vas, in older sources ''Slovenja Ves'', german: Windischdorf) is a settlement on the right bank of the Drava River in the Municipality of Hajdina in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of ...
* Spodnja Hajdina
Spodnja Hajdina () is a settlement in the Municipality of Hajdina in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Drava Statistical Region.
Part of the Rom ...
References
External links
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Municipality of Hajdina on GeopediaHajdina municipal site
Hajdina
1998 establishments in Slovenia
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