Markovci () 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, and ...

. It is the seat of the

Municipality of Markovci The Municipality of Markovci (; sl, Občina Markovci) is a municipality in the traditional region of Styria in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Markovci. Markovci became a municipality in 1998. Settlements In ...

. It lies southeast of

Ptuj Ptuj (; german: Pettau, ; la, Poetovium/Poetovio) is a town in northeastern Slovenia that is the seat of the Municipality of Ptuj. Ptuj, the oldest recorded city in Slovenia, has been inhabited since the late Stone Age and developed from a Roman ...

next to Lake Ptuj, a reservoir on the

Drava The Drava or Drave''Utrata Fachwörterbuch ...

River. 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 ...

. 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 throug ...

. The local

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, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Mark 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 was built in 1871 on the site of a 16th-century building.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 3166

References

External links

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