Pesnica pri Mariboru

The Municipality of Pesnica (Slovene: Občina Pesnica) is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is Pesnica pri Mariboru, a suburb near Maribor. It lies at the western end of the Slovene Hills in the Upper Pesnica Valley. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region as part of the Pesnica Administrative Unit (Slovene: Upravna enota Pesnica). The main economic activities in the area are tourism, transportation, viticulture, winemaking, craftsmanship and farming.

Ranca (pronounced [ˈɾaːntsa]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the Slovene Hills (Slovene: Slovenske gorice) just west of the old regional road from Maribor to Šentilj. The A1 motorway bypasses the settlement to the west and the main railway line runs along the eastern boundary of the settlement. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.

Dolnja Počehova (pronounced [ˈdoːlnja pɔtʃɛˈxɔːʋa] or [ˈdoːlnja pɔtʃɛˈxoːʋa]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the Upper Pesnica Valley. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.A small roadside chapel-shrine in the settlement dates to 1775.

Spodnje Dobrenje (pronounced [ˈspoːdnjɛ dɔˈbɾeːnjɛ]) is a dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the Slovene Hills (Slovene: Slovenske gorice). The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.The A1 motorway runs through the entire length of the settlement.

Gačnik (pronounced [ˈɡaːtʃnik]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the western part of the Slovene Hills (Slovene: Slovenske gorice) in the valley of Gačnik Creek (Slovene: Gačniški potok), a minor tributary of the Pesnica River. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.A small roadside chapel-shrine in the settlement dates to 1803.

Gradiška (pronounced [ɡɾaˈdiːʃka]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Kungota in the western part of the Slovene Hills (Slovene: Slovenske gorice) in northeastern Slovenia.The parish church in the village, located in the hamlet of Spodnja Kungota, is dedicated to Saint Cunigunde and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is built on a hill to the west of the main road from Maribor to Zgornja Kungota. The original church was built in the 13th century. The current building dates to 1673.

Pesniški Dvor (pronounced [ˈpeːsniʃki ˈdʋoːɾ]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the Pesnica Valley in the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.The name Pesniški Dvor literally means 'Pesnica Manor'. It gets its name from a 17th-century Baroque mansion (Slovene: dvor) in the settlement. Until 1935 it was in the possession of St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavanttal. After the Second World War it was used by an agricultural conglomerate. Despite being protected as a monument of cultural heritage by the Slovenian Ministry of Culture, it is in a very bad state of repair.

Pekel (pronounced [ˈpɛːkəu̯] or [ˈpɛkəu̯]) is a settlement north of Maribor in northeastern Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Maribor.

Jelenče (pronounced [jɛˈleːntʃɛ]) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the western part of the Slovene Hills (Slovene: Slovenske gorice). The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.

Rošpoh (pronounced [ˈɾoːʃpɔx]; in older sources also Rožpoh, German: Rossbach) is a dispersed settlement in the western Slovene Hills (Slovene: Slovenske gorice) in northeastern Slovenia. The hamlet of Mali Rošpoh in the northern part of the settlement lies in the Municipality of Kungota. The remaining part of the settlement, which the village was split from in 1982, belongs to the municipality of Maribor.

Jareninski Dol (pronounced [jaɾɛˈniːnski ˈdoːl], German: Jahringthal, locally known as Jarenina) is a village in the Municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the western part of the Slovene Hills (Slovene: Slovenske gorice). The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region. Jarenina Creek (Slovene: Jareninski potok) flows through the settlement.

Počehova (pronounced [pɔtʃɛˈxɔːʋa] or [pɔtʃɛˈxoːʋa]) is a settlement north of Maribor in northeastern Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Maribor.