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History of Hocko Pohorje


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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. They are marked by wooden poles 50 cm tall. The first site is a depression left of a cross, measuring 3.5 × 1.5 m. The second is right of the cross and measures 2.5 × 1.5 m. 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.
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