Dogoše () is a
village
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and a suburb of Maribor on the right bank of the
Drava River
The Drava or Drave (, ; ; ; ; ), historically known as the Dravis or Dravus, is a river in southern Central Europe. in northeastern
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
in the
City Municipality of Maribor
The Urban Municipality of Maribor (), also the City of Maribor (, acronym MOM), is one of twelve urban municipalities in Slovenia. Its seat is Maribor, the second-largest city in Slovenia. The population of the municipality was 113,393 in 2024. I ...
.
Name
Dogoše was first attested in 1458 as Lendorf (and in 1763–87 as ''Dragosche, Landorf''). Based on the 18th-century transcription, the toponym is derived from the personal name ''Dragoš''. The name is believed to have originally been ''Dragoši'', meaning 'Dragoš and his people'.
History
Early settlement of the area is attested by the remnants of a building from antiquity along the road to Brezje (now part of Maribor). In addition to the building's foundations, the find included a small marble trough, which has been converted into a
holy water font
A holy water font or stoup is a vessel containing holy water which is generally placed near the entrance of a church. It is often placed at the base of a crucifix or other Christian art. It is used in Catholic, as well as many Lutheran and Angli ...
in the church in Brezje. Gold and silver Roman coins have also been found in the area. A fire station was built in Dogoše in 1928. Water mains were installed in the village in 1969.
[Savnik, Roman, ed. 1980. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 4. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 210.]
Mass graves
Dogoše is the site of five known
mass graves
A mass grave is a grave containing multiple human corpses, which may or may Unidentified decedent, not be identified prior to burial. The United Nations has defined a criminal mass grave as a burial site containing three or more victims of exec ...
associated with the Second World War, known as the
Tezno Woods 2–6 mass graves.
Cultural heritage
A post-Baroque
chapel shrine with simple furnishings stands along the road to Brezje. There is a large, masonry
column-shrine from the first half of the 18th century along the road to
Miklavž na Dravskem Polju
Miklavž na Dravskem Polju (; ) is the largest settlement and the seat of the Municipality of Miklavž na Dravskem Polju in northeastern Slovenia. It lies on the right bank of the Drava River southeast of Maribor. The area is part of the tradition ...
.
Notable natives
* Vekoslav Strmšek (1864–1907), educator
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References
External links
Dogoše on Geopedia
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Populated places in the Urban Municipality of Maribor