Hočko Pohorje


Hočko Pohorje 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.

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 is located at two sites north of the hamlet of Legvanjčani in the neighboring settlement of Slivniško Pohorje, marked by wooden poles tall. The first site is a depression left of a cross, measuring. The second is right of the cross and measures. 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.

Radar tower

The Slovene military radar station RP-2 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 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.