Breg () is a settlement on the right bank of the Dravinja River in the

Municipality of Majšperk The Municipality of Majšperk () is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is Majšperk. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region. Settle ...

in northeastern

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the

Drava Statistical Region The Drava Statistical Region ( sl, Podravska statistična regija) is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest city in the region is Maribor. The region's name comes from the Drava River and includes land on both banks along its course thro ...

History

The place has a very rich history, as the Wool Products Factory and Konus Planika operated there. The place also had its own

power plant A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid. Many pow ...

in the past, owned by Marija Kubricht.

Cultural heritage

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in the settlement, known as Hamre Castle ( sl, Grad Hamre), was built in 1735.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 6515

References

External links

Breg on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Majšperk {{Majšperk-geo-stub