!!!Südsteiermark

Southern Styria (Suedsteiermark; also: lower Styria), old name for the 
area between the lower part of the River Mur and the upper part of the 
River Save; came to Styria in parts: in the mid-12%%sup th/%  century 
as "Grafschaft hinter dem Drauwald" (county beyond the 
Drauwald forest) - around Marburg (Maribor) - and in the 
mid-15%%sup th/%  century as the old "Mark an der Sann" 
(march at the River Sann) or county of  Cilli- around Cilli (Celje). 
The population of southern Styria continued to speak Slovene, except 
for larger towns, where German was adopted by some of the inhabitants. 
This resulted in a fierce conflict of nationalities in the 2%%sup nd/% 
 half of the 19%%sup th/%  and the beginning of the 20%%sup th/%  
century. As stipulated in the Treaty of Saint-Germain (1919), Austria 
had to cede Southern Styria to the new Yugoslav state. Today it forms 
the eastern part of Slovenia. During World War II the German Reich 
re-united Southern Styria with Styria (1941-1944) after the surrender 
of Yugoslavia.

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Today the term Southern Styria denotes the most southerly regions of 
Styria (around the lower Murtal and the Sulmtal valleys). 
"Suedsteirische Weinstrasse" wine trail along the 
Austro-Slovene border.


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