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Podravska
Maribor

Maribor Castle – Plague Column (Maribor) loop from Stadion Ljudski vrt

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Slovenia
Podravska
Maribor

Maribor Castle – Plague Column (Maribor) loop from Stadion Ljudski vrt

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4.4

(15)

77

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Maribor Castle – Plague Column (Maribor) loop from Stadion Ljudski vrt

01:50

7.01km

50m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: February 26, 2026

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2.58 km

St. John the Baptist Cathedral (Maribor)

Highlight • Religious Site

The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Stolna cerkev sv. Janeza Krstnika) is the seat of the Archdiocese of Maribor. The first documented mention of a church on this site dates back to 1248, but there must have been a Christian church nearby even before that, probably from 1096. The cathedral is built from blocks of grey and yellowish Slovenian Gorica sandstone. The core of the church is Romanesque, and additions and alterations followed in Gothic, Baroque and 20th century architecture. The bell tower was built between 1623 and 1624. The church became a cathedral on September 4, 1859, when the bishop's seat was moved to Maribor.

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2.74 km

Maribor Town Hall

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The town hall or Rotovž was built in 1515. It received its current Renaissance form between 1563 and 1565. The town, which dates back to a Markburg or Marchburg first mentioned in 1164 (Mark or March are old German terms for "border"), today has almost 100,000 inhabitants and is the second largest city in Slovenia.

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3.23 km

Maribor Castle

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Maribor's City Castle on the north-eastern edge of the old town is the most beautiful and largest building in the city. Today it houses the Regional Museum. The castle, on the site of the castle begun in 1478 by Emperor Frederick III, was built from 1655 by Count Brandis and his successors and was continuously expanded until 1843. The clock tower dates from 1780. The castle was once the strongest fortress in the city, equipped with two courtyards, of which the one intended for the riding school is very large. The portal to the castle square is decorated with a large stone lion.

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4.10 km

The Water Tower on the Drava in Usnjarska Street received its current form in 1555. It is a late Renaissance fortress that protected the southeastern part of the city walls on the bank of the Drava. Before the Italian fortification builders reinforced the walls of Maribor in the 16th century, two round defensive towers stood on their southern part: the predecessor of the present Jewish Tower and, on the site of the present Water Tower, a round tower called Smodniški.

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4.48 km

Plague Column (Maribor)

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In the middle of the main square stands the Marian sign (plague sign), which was erected in 1743 on the site of the older plague sign from 1681. It was made by Jožef Straub on behalf of the citizens of Maribor as a thank you for the end of the plague in the city.

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4.51 km

Main Square (Glavni Trg), Maribor

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Beautiful old town. Definitely worth seeing!

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4.90 km

Reckturm (Judgement Tower), Maribor

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The two-story, circular defense tower with the two-tiered brick conical roof is a defensive structure whose monumental mass protected the southwest corner of the city walls. Its angular predecessor was built in 1310, but was demolished in 1532. The Reckturm was then built between 1548 and 1562. It got its popular name as the "court tower" during the time of the witch trials: women accused of witchcraft were found guilty and sentenced here. In 1937 the tower burned down and the roof and wooden floors collapsed. Rebuilt between 1957 and 1960, the tower was completely rebuilt in 2021. Since then it has been used as a cultural center for events.

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6.93 km

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7.01 km

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4.87 km

1.23 km

675 m

119 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.84 km

1.88 km

160 m

119 m

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