Radlje ob Dravi (, in older sources ''Marbeg'',
german: Mahrenberg
) is a town in the
Municipality of Radlje ob Dravi in northeastern
Slovenia
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. It is the seat of the municipality. The settlement lies on a terrace on the left bank of the
River.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Marenberg'' to ''Radlje ob Dravi'' in 1952. 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 German elements from toponyms.
Cultural heritage
The
parish church
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in the settlement is dedicated to
Saint Michael
Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...
and belongs to the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is a
Gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
church from the 15th century that was restyled in the early 18th century in the
Baroque style
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.
A large Baroque building on the western edge of the settlement used to be a
Dominican convent
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. It was founded in 1251 and was an important landowner in the region. After the
expropriation of the monasteries by
Emperor Joseph II, the monastic church dedicated to the
Annunciation of Mary
The Annunciation (from Latin '), also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of Our Lady, or the Annunciation of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the biblical tale of the announcement by the ang ...
was demolished.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 5021
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Radlje ob Dravi include:
* Robert Koren (born 1980), football player
References
External links
Radlje ob Dravi on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Radlje ob Dravi
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