Otiški Vrh | |
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  Otiški Vrh Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates:46°34′18.69″N15°2′5.45″E / 46.5718583°N 15.0348472°E /46.5718583; 15.0348472 | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| 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[ɔˈtiːʃkiˈʋəɾx], in older sources alsoOtišni vrh,[2]German:Ottischnigberg[2]) is adispersed settlement in the hills southeast ofDravograd in theStyria region in northernSlovenia.
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TheMislinja River joins theMeža River from the right north of the village of Otiški Vrh, only a couple of hundred meters before the Meža joins theDrava River.
In 2004, the settlement ofBukovje was administratively separated from Otiški Vrh.[3]
Otiški Vrh is the site of amass 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]
Theparish church in the settlement is apilgrimage church dedicated toSaint Peter. It is built on a hill known asKronska gora, high above theMislinja Valley. It is aBaroque building with a two-storey entrance facade and a doublebelfry built between 1745 and 1750. A second church to the east of the settlement is dedicated toSaint Oswald. It is aLate Gothic church with 17th-centurywall paintings.[5]
| Settlements | Administrative seat:Dravograd
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