Pekre

Pekre
Pekre
	Pekre Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 46°32′37.62″N 15°35′30.08″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Drava
Municipality	Maribor
Area
• Total	5.1 km2 (2.0 sq mi)
Elevation	317.9 m (1,043.0 ft)
Population (2021)[1]
• Total	1,464
	[2]

Pekre (pronounced [ˈpeːkɾɛ]) is a settlement southwest of Maribor in northeastern Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Maribor.[3]

The local landmark is the church on top of a small hill to the east of the main settlement. It is dedicated to Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows and was built as a pilgrimage church between 1832 and 1835. There are also four small chapel-shrines along the road leading up to the church.[4]

The first military clash between the Yugoslav People's Army and the Slovenian Territorial Defence in Slovenia's war of independence happened in Pekre on 23 May 1991.[5]

References

"Prebivalstvo po naseljih, podrobni podatki, Slovenija, 1. januar 2021". stat.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 May 2022.
Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
Maribor municipal site
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 3103
"20. obletnica pekrskih dogodkov" [20th Anniversary of the Pekre Events - the Introduction to the Independence War]. MMC RTV Slovenia. 21 May 2011.

External links

Media related to Pekre at Wikimedia Commons
Pekre on Geopedia

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[1] "Prebivalstvo po naseljih, podrobni podatki, Slovenija, 1. januar 2021". stat.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 May 2022.

[2] Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia

[3] Maribor municipal site

[4] Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 3103

[5] "20. obletnica pekrskih dogodkov" [20th Anniversary of the Pekre Events - the Introduction to the Independence War]. MMC RTV Slovenia. 21 May 2011.