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Maribor Infantry Regiment
Maribor ( , , ; also known by other historical names) is the second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Lower Styria. It is the seat of the Urban Municipality of Maribor and the Drava statistical region. Maribor is also the economic, administrative, educational, and cultural centre of eastern Slovenia. Maribor was first mentioned as a castle in 1164, as a settlement in 1209, and as a city in 1254. Like most Slovene ethnic territory, Maribor was under Habsburg rule until 1918, when Rudolf Maister and his men secured the city for the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, which then joined the Kingdom of Serbia to form the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In 1991 Maribor became part of independent Slovenia. Maribor, along with the Portuguese city of Guimarães, was selected as the European Capital of Culture for 2012. Name Maribor was attested in historical sources as ''Marpurch'' (and later as ''Marchburch'', ''Marburc'', and ''Marchpurch''), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Main Square (Maribor)
The Main Square of Maribor, also known as ''Glavni trg'', is a square in Maribor, the second largest city in Slovenia, situated in the northeast of the country. On 17 November 1929 the aircraft: Raab-Katzenstein KL.1 Schwalbe with registration: D-974 crashed on Main Square of Maribor, with the death of Letalski center Maribor secretary: Ivo Šestan and the factory pilot Hans Müller. It used to be home to Maribor Slovenia's merchants' and on the upper side of the square is home to an open market. Notable buildings *Maribor Town Hall - Renaissance architecture -built in 1515. *Plague Memorial, Maribor, Plague Memorial External links * {{coord, 46, 33, 26.98, N, 15, 38, 43.29, E, type:landmark_region:SI_dim:150, display=title Squares in Maribor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
