Hočko Pohorje Explained

Official Name:Hočko Pohorje
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Styria
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Drava
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Hoče–Slivnica
Area Total Km2:11.34
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:416
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.5003°N 15.5704°W
Elevation M:838.6
Footnotes:[1]

Hočko Pohorje (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈxoːtʃkɔ ˈpóːxɔɾjɛ/) is a settlement in the Municipality of Hoče-Slivnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the eastern Pohorje Hills south of Maribor. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.[2]

Mass grave

Hočko Pohorje is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Hočko Pohorje Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Hočko Pohorje) is located at two sites north of the hamlet of Legvanjčani in the neighboring settlement of Slivniško Pohorje, marked by wooden poles 50cm (20inches) tall. The first site is a depression left of a cross, measuring NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet). The second is right of the cross and measures NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet). They contain the remains of civilians and/or prisoners of war transported to the Pohorje Hills from Maribor and its surroundings and murdered in May and June 1945.[3]

Radar tower

The Slovene military radar station RP-2 (RP stands for radarska postaja 'radar station') is located at Ledinekov Kogel, a hill in the territory of Hočko Pohorje. It is managed by the and operates a long-range radar of the model Ground Master 403 that along another such radar at Ljubljana Peak in Mirke (central Slovenia) covers the Slovene air-space. The radar station at Ledinekov Kogel was built in 2005 and initially operated a radar of the model AN/TPS-70, whereas the GM 403 radar was set up in 2011.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.hoce-slivnica.si Hoče–Slivnica municipal site
  3. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče Hočko Pohorje . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . October 17, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.