Drakovci
Encyclopedia
Drakovci is a settlement in the eastern Slovenske gorice
hills in the Ljutomer
Municipality
in northeastern Slovenia
. The area traditionally belonged to the Styria
region and is now included in the Pomurska statistical region
.
Karel Grossmann
, a pioneering Slovene film maker, was born in the village in 1864. The house in which he was born still stands and a commemorative plaque
was unveiled on it in 1988.
Slovenske gorice
Slovenske gorice with an area of 1017 km2 is the largest hilly region of Slovenia, a smaller part is located in the Austrian province of Styria...
hills in the Ljutomer
Ljutomer
Ljutomer is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia, some 40 km east of Maribor. Traditionally it was part of the region of Styria. It is now included in the Pomurska statistical region....
Municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in northeastern Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
. The area traditionally belonged to the Styria
Lower Styria
Lower Styria or Slovenian Styria is a traditional region in northeastern Slovenia, comprising the southern third of the former Duchy of Styria. The population of Lower Styria in its historical boundaries amounts to around 705,000 inhabitants, or 34.5% of the population of Slovenia...
region and is now included in the Pomurska statistical region
Pomurska statistical region
The Mura statistical region is a statistical region in the north-east of Slovenia. It is predominantly agricultural with field crops representing over three quarters of the total utilised agricultural area, twice as much as the Slovene average...
.
Karel Grossmann
Karel Grossmann
Karol Grossmann was a pioneering Slovene film maker.He was born in Drakovci near Mala Nedelja on October 27, 1864. He was a lawyer in Ljutomer. He was the first Slovenian amateur filmmaker. In 1904 he made the first Slovenian film record in Ljutomer, the heart of Prlekija. A projection of two of...
, a pioneering Slovene film maker, was born in the village in 1864. The house in which he was born still stands and a commemorative plaque
Commemorative plaque
A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, typically attached to a wall, stone, or other vertical surface, and bearing text in memory of an important figure or event...
was unveiled on it in 1988.