Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici - Church of the Holy Spirit (Stara Gora)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the Maribor - Lendava motorway take the Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici exit, then follow the signs for the above-mentioned place and park in the centre of the village in the asphalt parking lot under the parish church of St. George, next to the bus station and the Jasmina pastry shop. There are two car parks, one on the main road and the other slightly larger one about 60 metres away.

b) Take Ptuj, then follow the signs to Radenci, and follow the main road to Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici, where you park in the centre of the village in the asphalt car park under the parish church of St George, next to the bus station and the Jasmina pastry shop. There are two car parks, one on the main road and the other slightly larger one about 60 metres away.

Path description:
From the parking lot, walk to the main road, cross it carefully at the pedestrian crossing, and then continue along the pavement along the road leading to Lenart in Slovenske gorice. First, pass the parish church of St. George on the right, then continue along the pavement on the right side of the road, where you will pass the primary school of Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici. The path continues through the village of Blaguš, where the pavement ends at the hunting lodge of the Videm ob Ščavnici LD. Here, go carefully back to the left side of the road and continue walking through the forest. When you reach a marked crossroads where the road to Sovjak, Ženik, Kokolajnščak, Stara Gora, Kutinci and Galušak branches off to the left and a marked path to Blaguško jezero branches off to the right, continue left.
From the crossroads, at which there are also signs for the educational trail, you will quickly reach the settlement of Brezje, through which you can easily climb, and along the way you will be accompanied by occasional markings and information boards of the educational trail. A little further on, at a small crossroads, go left up towards Stara Gora and the nature trail, and just after the crossroads we reach the settlement Ženik. From here there is a bit of a climb, and then the fairly scenic road that leads between the occasional houses, gives way. In the second part of Ženik, the road starts to descend gently, and then we continue along an unmarked ridge, where we are accompanied by beautiful views of the Slovenian mountains. After a few minutes of walking and a slight climb, we reach the village of Stara Gora, where the Church of the Holy Spirit is located just a little further from the Janja oštarije, and the windmill is located a few 10 steps to the right in the direction of Gomila and Terbegovce.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in June 2020.

On the way: Blaguš (234m), Brezje (261m), Ženik (266m)

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