Miklavž na Dravskem Polju (; ) is the largest settlement and the seat of the

Municipality of Miklavž na Dravskem Polju The Municipality of Miklavž na Dravskem Polju () is a small municipality in northeastern Slovenia. It lies on the right bank of the Drava River southeast of Maribor. The seat of the municipality is the settlement of Miklavž na Dravskem Polju. ...

in northeastern

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. It lies on the right bank of the

Drava River The Drava or Drave (, ; ; ; ; ), historically known as the Dravis or Dravus, is a river in southern Central Europe.

southeast of

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

. The area is part of the traditional region of

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. It is now included in the

Drava Statistical Region The Drava Statistical Region () 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 through Slovenia as well as the Pohorj ...

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Miklavž'' (literally, 'Saint Nicholas') to ''Miklavž na Dravskem polju'' (literally, 'Nicholas on the Drava Plain') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.

Church

The

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), 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 com ...

from which the settlement and municipality get their name is dedicated to

Saint Nicholas Saint Nicholas of Myra (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greeks, Greek descent from the maritime city of Patara (Lycia), Patara in Anatolia (in modern-day Antalya ...

() and belongs to the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor The Archdiocese of Maribor (, ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Slovenia. Its episcopal see is Maribor. History * 1859 : Maribor (then Marburg) became the see of the Diocese of Lavant * ...

. It was first mentioned in written documents dated to 1382, but the current building is a 16th-century structure.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 3181

References

External links

Miklavž na Dravskem Polju on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Miklavž na Dravskem polju {{MiklavžnaDravskempolju-geo-stub