Pobrežje Cemetery (Maribor, Slovenia)

Cemetery Pobrežje was opened in 1879. With its rich 140-year history it is a part of the historical and architectural image of the Maribor city.

Park of Memories

This is a place of memory which appears in the list of the significant European cemeteries. Its calmness, tidy trails, green gardens and benches allow us to step back from the noisy city for a moment and think about memories in silence.

Our desire is to create a Park of Memories at cemetery Pobrežje. Like a green oasis of peace in the middle of the city with a rich cultural and historical heritage.

Cemetery Pobrežje consists of three parts:

1. Town Cemetery: purchased in 1879 in order to gain more land for non-Catholic’s and poor, which was late in 1914 blessed by Catholic Church.
2. Magdalena Cemetery: establish for the Catholics.
3. Franciscan Cemetery: youngest and was establish in 1927 solely for Franciscans.

War monuments

There are three burial grounds connected to the war field heritage. The first one commemorates soldiers from World War 1; the second soviet war prisoners from 1941 – 1942; and the last one commemorates partisans warfare.

Address

Pogrebno podjetje Maribor
Cesta XIV.divizije 39/a
2000 Maribor
Slovenia

Contacts

Company management:
+386 2 480 09 00

Pobrežje Cemetery:
+386 2 480 01 32
+386 2 480 01 38

Other information:

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WDEC 2019: Guided tour at Pobrežje Cemetery

On June 11th, 2019, a guided tour took place at Pobrežje Cemetery (Maribor, Slovenia) under the guidance of Mr. Tone Partljič, an expert on Maribor`s culture, slang, people and their nature.

The event took place during the Week of discovering European cemeteries 2019 and was also one of the events organized by Pogrebno podjetje Maribor in 2019 to commemorate two important anniversaries - 150 years of operation of Pogrebno podjetje Maribor and 140 years of Pobrežje Cemetery.

About the event

At the beginning, participants were addressed by the director of Pogrebno podjetje Maribor and president of ASCE, Lidija Pliberšek and by the tour guide, Tone Partljič. The speeches were then followed by a walk through Pobrežje Cemetery, where Mr. Partljič presented some interesting stories about the lives and achievements of some of the famous and lesser-known people from Maribor who were buried there. During the tour, they stopped at the graves of General Rudolf Maister and his family; Russian doctor Sergej Kapralov and his wife Helena; film director Jože Babič; and Herta Haas, wife of former president of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito.

At the end of the tour, a short concert of classical music took place at Czeike's arcades, performed by the violinist Oksana Pečeny and guitarist Matic Dolenc.

Impressions from WDEC 2018 in Maribor

Since Maribor is the European City of Sport 2018, this years Week of discovering European Cemeteries (WDEC) merged together culture and sport.

Legend awakening

The main theme of WDEC in Maribor was the recollection of memories of a less known sports legend Josip Primožič - Tošo. The event was conducted in cooperation with the elementary school Draga Kobala Maribor and their schoolars were the official ASCE guides at the WDEC event. They presented the life and work of Josip Primožič - Tošo to the visitors and led them around the Pobrežje Cemetery.

New Memorial path at Dobrava Cemetery

The other important part of the event was the opening of a new memorial path at the Dobrava Cemetery dedicated to the victims of the killings in the Azerbaijani city of Khojaly. The opening was arranged by the Association of Friendship of Slovenia and Azerbaijan in cooperation with Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Municipality of Maribor.

Event responses

Summing up, this years WDEC was a great success. It was attended by many visitors, media representatives, the mayor of Maribor, dr. Andrej Fištravec, and others. The responses to the event were very positive and all present highly praised the overall execution.

WDEC in Maribor, Slovenia

#EuropeForCulture Memorial park Dobrava and Symbols project are in the main focus of WDEC events in Maribor.

First European Cemeteries route info point

Installed at Pobrežje cemetery in Maribor, Slovenia.

WDEC 2017 in Maribor: new book and exhibitions

Symbols of stone and flowers.

Symposium: Digital technologies at cemeteries

Symposium: Digital technologies at cemeteries

WDEC 2016: Symbols at Cemetery Pobrežje (Maribor, Slovenia)

During the Week of Discovering European Cemeteries 2016, Pogrebno podjetje Maribor will organize a special lecture and presentation of the guide "Symbols at Cemetery Pobrežje".