Makole (, german: Maxau) is a settlement in northeastern
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
. It is the seat of the
Municipality of Makole
The Municipality of Makole (; sl, Občina Makole) is a municipality in the traditional region of Styria in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Makole. Makole became a municipality in 2006.
In October 2006 Alojz Go ...
. It lies in the
Dravinja
The Dravinja (german: Drann, ) is the largest tributary of the Drava River in Slovenia. It is long. Its source is on the Pohorje Massif southwest of Mount Rogla about 1,150 m above sea level. The river passes Zreče, the town of Slovenske Konji ...
Valley. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1375 and was also granted
market rights
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...
.
History
Cultural sights in the village are the parish church of St. Andrew and the late Gothic St. Leonard's Church. Jelovec Creek ( sl, Jelovški potok) flows through the settlement and then flows into the Dravinja not far away.
On the hill above Makole stand the Old Castle of Makole, and on the other side of the Dravinja Valley is Štatenberg Mansion. The surrounding natural sights are the
ravine
A ravine is a landform that is narrower than a canyon and is often the product of streambank erosion.Belojača Cave, which is the longest cave in the Haloze area at , and a karst shaft near Domišak.
A forma viva is set up along the local road.
World War II
In 1941 and 1942, several Liberation Front groups from Makole and its surroundings connected with the
Yugoslav Partisans
The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: , or the National Liberation Army, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); mk, Народноослобод ...
Rogaška Slatina
Rogaška Slatina (; german: Rohitsch-Sauerbrunn''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 248.) is a town in eastern Slovenia. It is the large ...
. In the summer of 1942, Axis forces discovered collaborators with the liberation movement, arrested them, shot 9 of them, and sent the rest to
concentration camps
Internment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without charges or intent to file charges. The term is especially used for the confinement "of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects". Thus, while it can simply ...
. Near Makole, on February 6, 1945, Axis forces destroyed a Partisan courier station and killed 8 couriers.
Landmarks
The
parish church
A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...
in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Andrew and belongs to the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor ( la, Archidioecesis Mariborensis, sl, Nadškofija Maribor) is an archdiocese located in the city of Maribor in Slovenia.
History
* 1859 : Maribor (then Marburg) became the see of the Diocese of Lavant
...
. It is a
Gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
File:Makole Church2.jpg, Parish church of Saint Andrew
File:Makole-svAndrej.JPG, Parish church of Saint Andrew
File:Makole.jpg, View of the municipal building and the church of Saint Lenart
File:Makole Church1.jpg
File:Makole Forma Viva 2.jpg, Makole forma viva
File:Makole Forma Viva 1.jpg, Makole forma viva