Car Hire Maribor Airport

Picturesque, located in the middle of the Alps, the beautiful Slovenian city of Maribor is located. The second largest town of the country, about 50 km from Graz removes can back look at a more than 700 years old history. Under the name Marburg an der Drau, Maribor belonged to the Duchy of Styria, which was under the rule of the Habsburgs to the first world war. Until 1918, mainly German dominated public life of Marburg and Maribors, respectively. Shortly afterwards it was assigned to against the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes the will of the freely-elected city fathers and the majority of the population. While you spoke Slovene majority in the country, was spoken in Maribor almost exclusively English.

Maribor was once again annexed from 1941 to 1945 from the greater German Empire, after the second world war Yugoslavia. The city into a cultural and industrial centre of the country flourished during this period. However, Slovenia 1991 declared independence from Yugoslavia, Maribor lost the connection to the Yugoslav internal market, which had a high unemployment. The largest European NT set up. Each year, approximately 3.1% of the population left the city.

Today has a close economic and cultural exchange with Gratz Maribor in the course of Europeanisation and Alpine town of the year 2000. The race in the slalom and giant slalom of the women in the framework of the Alpine Ski World Cup take place each year in January.

Since this city is very widely, it is advisable to explore the town and its splendid surroundings with a rental car.