Otiški Vrh | |
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Coordinates: 46°34′18.69″N 15°2′5.45″E / 46.5718583°N 15.0348472°E | |
Country |
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Traditional region | Styria |
Statistical region | Carinthia |
Municipality | Dravograd |
Area | |
• Total | 11.12 km2 (4.29 sq mi) |
Elevation | 345.7 m (1,134.2 ft) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 896 |
• Density | 81/km2 (210/sq mi) |
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Otiški Vrh (pronounced [ɔˈtiːʃki ˈʋəɾx], in older sources also Otišni vrh, [2] German: Ottischnigberg [2]) is a dispersed settlement in the hills southeast of Dravograd in the Styria region in northern Slovenia.
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The Mislinja River joins the Meža River from the right north of the village of Otiški Vrh, only a couple of hundred meters before the Meža joins the Drava River.
In 2004, the settlement of Bukovje was administratively separated from Otiški Vrh. [3]
Otiški Vrh is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Bavh Mass Grave ( Slovene: Grobišče Pod Bavhom) is located below the Bavh farm in the western part of the settlement, 300 meters (980 ft) northeast of the main road, on the steep edge of a wooded slope by a large pine tree. It contains the remains of unidentified victims. [4]
The parish church in the settlement is a pilgrimage church dedicated to Saint Peter. It is built on a hill known as Kronska gora, high above the Mislinja Valley. It is a Baroque building with a two-storey entrance facade and a double belfry built between 1745 and 1750. A second church to the east of the settlement is dedicated to Saint Oswald. It is a Late Gothic church with 17th-century wall paintings. [5]