Pekre (pronounced [ˈpeːkɾɛ]) is a settlement southwest of Maribor in northeastern Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Maribor.[3]

The local landmark is the church on top of a small hill to the east of the main settlement. It is dedicated to Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows and was built as a pilgrimage church between 1832 and 1835. There are also four small chapel-shrines along the road leading up to the church.[4]

The first military clash between the Yugoslav People's Army and the Slovenian Territorial Defence in Slovenia's war of independence happened in Pekre on 23 May 1991.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Prebivalstvo po naseljih, podrobni podatki, Slovenija, 1. januar 2021". stat.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  2. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  3. ^ Maribor municipal site
  4. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 3103
  5. ^ "20. obletnica pekrskih dogodkov" [20th Anniversary of the Pekre Events - the Introduction to the Independence War]. MMC RTV Slovenia. 21 May 2011.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekre
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