Vintarovci () is a settlement in the

Municipality of Destrnik The Municipality of Destrnik (; ) is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the settlement of Destrnik. It lies in the Slovene Hills () north of Ptuj. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is ...

in northeastern

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. It lies in the hills just west of Destrnik. The area is part of the traditional region of

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. The municipality is now included in the

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. There is a memorial to locals killed as soldiers in the

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in the eastern part of the village in front of the Destrnik

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. It has a 3 m

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and was erected in 1930.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 17591

References

External links

Vintarovci on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Destrnik {{Destrnik-geo-stub