Log () is a settlement in the
Municipality of Ruše
The Municipality of Ruše (; ) is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Ruše. It lies on the right bank of the Drava River west of Maribor and extends south into the Pohorje Hills. The area is par ...
in northeastern
Slovenia
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. It lies in a valley of a small right
tributary
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of the
Drava River
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Pohorje
Pohorje (), also known as the Pohorje Massif or the Pohorje Mountains (, ''Bacherngebirge'' or often simply ''Bachern''), is a mostly wooded, medium-high mountain range south of the Drava River in northeastern Slovenia. According to the traditio ...
Hills south of
Bistrica ob Dravi. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
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. The municipality is now included in the
Drava Statistical Region
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.
History
In 1992, Log annexed the settlement of
Vrhov Dol (adjacent to
Vrhov Dol in the
Municipality of Maribor), ending its existence as a separate settlement.
References
External links
Log on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Ruše
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