Official Name: | Mislinjska Dobrava |
Other Name: | Dobrava (until 1953) |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
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: | Carinthia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Slovenj Gradec |
Area Total Km2: | 6.97 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 679 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.4545°N 15.1427°W |
Elevation M: | 522.2 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Mislinjska Dobrava (pronounced as /sl/) is a settlement in the City Municipality of Slovenj Gradec in northern Slovenia. It lies in the Mislinja Valley southeast of the town of Slovenj Gradec. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Carinthia Statistical Region.[2]
The name of the settlement was changed from Dobrava to Mislinjska Dobrava in 1953.[3]
Mislinjska Dobrava is the site of a mass grave from the end of the Second World War. The Mislinjska Dobrava Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Mislinjska Dobrava) is located in a small woods in the middle of the settlement, 100m (300feet) from the road from Mislinja to Slovenj Gradec. It contains the remains of Croatian soldiers or Cossacks killed in May 1945.[4]
Remains of the Roman road from Celea to Virunum, which ran through the Mislinja Valley, have been identified near the settlement.[5]
Slovenj Gradec Airport is a small airport located in the northern part of Mislinjska Dobrava.