Zgornji Duplek () is a settlement in the
Municipality of Duplek
The Municipality of Duplek (; sl, Občina Duplek) is a small municipality in northeastern Slovenia. Its seat is Spodnji Duplek. The municipality lies on the left bank of the Drava River on the northwestern edge of the Slovene Hills ( sl, Sloven ...
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 lies on the left bank of the
southeast 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 ...
. 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 ...
.
An 8th- to 9th-century
Slavic burial ground
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
with signs of
pre-Christian
Pre-Christian may refer to:
*Before Christianization (the spread of Christianity):
**Historical polytheism (the worship of or belief in multiple deities)
**Historical paganism (denoting various non-Abrahamic religions)
*Before Christ (BC), the era ...
burial rituals has been identified near the settlement.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 8984
References
External links
*
Zgornji Duplek at Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Duplek
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