Makole

Makole
Makole
	Styria
Statistical region	Drava
Municipality	Makole
Area
• Total	1.02 km2 (0.39 sq mi)
Elevation	250.0 m (820.2 ft)
Population (2019)
• Total	221

Makole (pronounced

Styria. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1375 and was also granted market rights.^[3]

History

Cultural sights in the village are the parish church of St. Andrew and the late Gothic St. Leonard's Church. Jelovec Creek (Slovene: Jelovški potok) flows through the settlement and then flows into the Dravinja not far away.

On the 487-meter (1,598 ft) hill above Makole stand the Old Castle of Makole, and on the other side of the Dravinja Valley is Štatenberg Mansion. The surrounding natural sights are the ravine and a climbing area known as Šoder graben, the karst Belojača Cave, which is the longest cave in the Haloze area at 550 meters (1,800 ft), and a karst shaft near Domišak.

A forma viva is set up along the local road.

World War II

In 1941 and 1942, several

concentration camps

. Near Makole, on February 6, 1945, Axis forces destroyed a Partisan courier station and killed 8 couriers.

Landmarks

The

Saint Andrew and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is a Gothic building that was first mentioned in 1441. In the 18th century, it was restyled in the Baroque.^[4]

Gallery

Parish church of Saint Andrew
Parish church of Saint Andrew
View of the municipal building and the church of Saint Lenart
Makole forma viva

References

^ ^a ^b "Naselje Makole". Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 194.
^ Makole municipal site
^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 3130

External links

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[SURS-1] "Naselje Makole". Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. Retrieved February 5, 2020.

[Leksikon-2] Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 194.

[3] Makole municipal site

[4] Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 3130

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