Maribor Oblast

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Maribor Oblast Mariborska oblast
Oblast of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
1922–1929
Maribor Oblast map
Capital	Maribor
Area
• 1921	7,569 km2 (2,922 sq mi)
Population
• 1921	624,121[1]
History
History
• Established	1922
• Disestablished	1929
Preceded by Succeeded by Province of Croatia and Slavonia Drava Banovina Sava Banovina
Today part of	Slovenia  Croatia

Maribor Oblast (Slovene: Mariborska oblast) was one of the oblasts of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 1922 to 1929. Its capital was Maribor.

History[]

The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was formed in 1918 and was initially divided into provinces (this division was inherited from previous state administrations). In 1922, new administrative units known as oblasts (Slovene: oblasti) were introduced and the whole country was divided into 33 oblasts. Before 1922, the territory of Maribor Oblast was part of the and Province of Croatia and Slavonia.

Geography[]

The Maribor Oblast was composed of the traditional regions of Lower Styria, Slovene Carinthia, Prekmurje which were predominantly Slovene-speaking and Međimurje which was predominantly Croat-speaking. The Oblast bordered Austria to the north, Hungary to the east, to the west and Zagreb Oblast to the south.

Administrative units[]

Oblast included following districts:^[2]

• Maribor Right Embankment
• Maribor Left Embankment
• Celje
• Čakovec
• Dolnja Lendava
• Dravograd
• Gornji Grad
• Ljutomer
• Murska Sobota
• Prelog
• Ptuj
• Slovenj Gradec
• Slovenske Konjice
• Šmarje pri Jelšah

See also[]

• Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
• Maribor

References[]