Pekre () is a settlement southwest of

Maribor Maribor ( , , , ; also known by other #Name, historical names) is the second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Styria (Slovenia), Lower Styria. It is also the seat of the City Municipality of Maribor, th ...

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 belongs to the

City Municipality of Maribor The City Municipality of Maribor (), also the City of Maribor ( sl, Mestna občina Maribor, acronym MOM), is one of twelve city municipalities in Slovenia. Its seat is Maribor, the second-largest city in Slovenia. The population of the municipali ...

. 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 Our Lady of Sorrows ( la, Beata Maria Virgo Perdolens), Our Lady of Dolours, the Sorrowful Mother or Mother of Sorrows ( la, Mater Dolorosa, link=no), and Our Lady of Piety, Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows or Our Lady of the Seven Dolours are names ...

and was built as a

pilgrimage church A pilgrimage church (german: Wallfahrtskirche) is a church to which pilgrimages are regularly made, or a church along a pilgrimage route, like the Way of St. James, that is visited by pilgrims. Pilgrimage churches are often located by the grave ...

between 1832 and 1835. There are also four small chapel-shrines along the road leading up to the church. The first military clash between the

Yugoslav People's Army The Yugoslav People's Army (abbreviated as JNA/; Macedonian and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian and bs, Jugoslavenska narodna armija; sl, Jugoslovanska ljudska a ...

and the

Slovenian Territorial Defence The Territorial Defense of the Republic of Slovenia ( sl, Teritorialna obramba Republike Slovenije (TO RS)), also known as the Territorial Defense of Slovenia (Slovenian: ''Teritorialna obramba Slovenije OS'), was the predecessor of the Slovenia ...

in Slovenia's war of independence happened in Pekre on 23 May 1991.

References

External links

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Pekre on Geopedia
Populated places in the City Municipality of Maribor {{Maribor-geo-stub