Pekre () is a settlement southwest of

Maribor Maribor ( , , ; also known by other #Name, historical names) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Styria (Slovenia), Lower Styria. It is the seat of the ...

in northeastern

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. It belongs to 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 ...

. The local landmark is the church on top of a small hill to the east of the main settlement. It is dedicated to

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and was built as a

pilgrimage church A pilgrimage church () is a church to which Christian pilgrimage, pilgrimages are regularly made, or a church along a pilgrimage route, like the Way of St. James, that is visited by pilgrims. Pilgrimage churches are often located by the graves o ...

between 1832 and 1835. There are also four small chapel-shrines along the road leading up to the church. The first military clash between the

Yugoslav People's Army The Yugoslav People's Army (JNA/; Macedonian language, Macedonian, Montenegrin language, Montenegrin and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian language, Croatian and ; , J ...

and the

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in Slovenia's war of independence happened in Pekre on 23 May 1991.

References

External links

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Pekre on Geopedia
Populated places in the Urban Municipality of Maribor {{Maribor-geo-stub