Hoce-Slivnica
Encyclopedia
Hoče-Slivnica is a municipality
to the south of Maribor
in northeastern Slovenia
.
Its administrative centre is in Spodnje Hoče
. Traditionally the area was part of Lower Styria
. It is now included in the Drava statistical region
. The municipality extends from the flatlads on the right bank of the river Drava
into the Pohorje
hills. The Ljubljana to Maribor motorway
and railway line
run through the 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...
to the south of Maribor
Maribor
Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....
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...
.
Its administrative centre is in Spodnje Hoče
Spodnje Hoče
Spodnje Hoče is a settlement in and the administrative centre of the Hoče-Slivnica municipality in northeastern Slovenia. It lies under the eastern Pohorje hills on the edge of the flatlands on the right bank of the river Drava to the south of Maribor. The area is part of the traditional region of...
. Traditionally the area was part of Lower 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...
. It is now included in the Drava statistical region
Podravska statistical region
The Drava statistical region is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Maribor. Its name comes from the Drava River and includes land on both banks along its course through Slovenia as well as the Pohorje mountains in the northeast of the region. The Drava is used for...
. The municipality extends from the flatlads on the right bank of the river Drava
Drava
Drava or Drave is a river in southern Central Europe, a tributary of the Danube. It sources in Toblach/Dobbiaco, Italy, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia in Austria, into Slovenia , and then southeast, passing through Croatia and forming most of the border between Croatia and...
into the Pohorje
Pohorje
Pohorje is a mountain range in northern Slovenia, near the towns of Dravograd and Maribor. Made of metamorphic rock, it is geologically part of the Central Eastern Alps, though due to its location south of the Drava River it is commonly regarded as a Southern Limestone Alps range.-Peaks:The most...
hills. The Ljubljana to Maribor motorway
A1 motorway (Slovenia)
The A1 motorway is 236,1 km long, connecting Šentilj and Koper/Capodistria . It passes several important Slovenian cities, including Maribor, Celje and Ljubljana all the way to the Slovenian Littoral and Koper, with its important port.Construction began in 1970 and the first section was...
and railway line
Austrian Southern Railway
The Austrian Southern Railway was an Austrian railway company established in 1841...
run through the municipality.