Drstelja ( or ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Destrnik in northeastern Slovenia. 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 ...

. The municipality is now included 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 ...

. A small roadside chapel-shrine in the settlement dates to the early 20th century.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 19979 The priest and poet Matija Murko (1861–1952) was born in Drstelja.

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