Radlje ob Dravi (, in older sources ''Marbeg'', ) is a town in the

Municipality of Radlje ob Dravi The Municipality of Radlje ob Dravi (; ) is a municipality in Slovenia. It lies in the traditional region of Styria, but belongs to the Carinthia Statistical Region. The seat of the municipality is the town of Radlje ob Dravi. It borders Austria ...

in northeastern

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. It is the seat of the municipality. The settlement lies on a terrace on the left bank of the

Drava The Drava or Drave (, ; ; ; ; ), historically known as the Dravis or Dravus, is a river in southern Central Europe.

River.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Marenberg'' to ''Radlje ob Dravi'' in 1952. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove German elements from toponyms.

Cultural heritage

The

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...

in the settlement is dedicated to

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and belongs to the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor The Archdiocese of Maribor (, ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Slovenia. Its episcopal see is Maribor. History * 1859 : Maribor (then Marburg) became the see of the Diocese of Lavant * ...

. It is a Gothic church from the 15th century that was restyled in the early 18th century in the

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. A large Baroque building on the western edge of the settlement used to be a Dominican

convent A convent is an enclosed community of monks, nuns, friars or religious sisters. Alternatively, ''convent'' means the building used by the community. The term is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglican ...

. It was founded in 1251 and was an important landowner in the region. After the expropriation of the monasteries by

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, the monastic church dedicated to the

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was demolished.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 5021

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Radlje ob Dravi include: * Robert Koren (born 1980), football player

References

External links

Radlje ob Dravi on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Radlje ob Dravi {{RadljeobDravi-geo-stub