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Drava Valley and its surroundings were inhabited in prehistoric times. There have contained the Romans and used for navigation Drava. At the end of the 6th cent...
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Drava Valley and its surroundings were inhabited in prehistoric times. There have contained the Romans and used for navigation Drava. At the end of the 6th century it was settled by the Slavs. Colonization began in the 11th century. On settlement of the heavily affected by the establishment of the Benedictine monastery in Šentpavlu in the Lavant Valley in 1091. The monastery is the establishment received a lot of possession in the Drava Valley. Šentpavel convent were packing farmers lower part Dravske valleys. Some were packing brezenskemu, Selniška or KAMNIŠKA priest. Faster development began in the 13th century. Then the resulting scattered farms, where they encourage deforestation. In the 14th century it began the development of animal husbandry. The population has increased since 1780. Most people were in the area at the end of the 19th century
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