Municipality of Ljutomer 1.88

The Municipality of Ljutomer is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia, some 40km east of Maribor. Traditionally it was part of the region of Styria. It is now included in the Mura Statistical Region. Its largest settlement and the administrative center is Ljutomer.The municipality includes Ljutomer Ponds–Jeruzalem Hills Nature Park (Krajinski park Ljutomerski ribniki – Jeruzalemske gorice), which covers 1346ha.The Ljutomer area was the birthplace of the ethnologist and Romantic poet Stanko Vraz (1810–1851), linguist Franc Miklošič (1813–1891), pioneer of film making Karol Grossmann (1864–1929), and painter Ante Trstenjak (1894–1970).