Svetinje () is a small village in the

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in northeastern

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. It lies on a small rise in the

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east of the railway from Ormož to Hodoš and the village of

Ivanjkovci Ivanjkovci (; ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Ormož in northeastern Slovenia. The area belongs to the traditional Styria region and is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.

, northeast of the village of

Mihalovci Mihalovci () is a settlement in the Slovene Hills north of Ormož, east of the Ormož–Hodoš Railway, in northeastern Slovenia. The area belongs to the traditional region of Styria and is now included in the Drava Statistical Region The Drava ...

. The village is part of the traditional region of

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and is included in the

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.Ormož municipal site

History

Svetinje was established as a village in 2005 by ceding from Mihalovci. Its territory was expanded in 2006, when part of

Veličane Veličane (, ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 230.) is a dispersed settlement in the Slovene Hills north of Ormož, east of the Ormo ...

was reassigned to Svetinje.

Church

A simple

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church, dedicated to

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, stands in the center of Svetinje. It is the parish church of the Parish of Svetinje, part of the Archdiocese of Maribor. It was completed in 1730.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Svetinje include the following: * Vladimir Vauhnik (1896–1955), Yugoslav military officer

References

External links

Svetinje on Geopedia
{{Ormož Populated places in the Municipality of Ormož Populated places established in 2005 2005 establishments in Slovenia