Grad(The Castle) - Trg Svobode(Liberty square) - Svetozarevska ulica(Svetozarevska street) - Lent - Vodnikov trg(Vodnik square) - Strossmayerjeva ulica(Strossmayerjeva street) - Mladinska ulica(Mladinska street) - Trg generala Maistra(General Maister square)
Svetozarevska street
From the
Square we turn south along Svetozarevska ulica. At one time, the Scherbaum
mill occupied number 6. It then served from 1937 to the
1970s as the Maribor Printing House, until the
firm moved to its new premises in the southern part of
Maribor. Svetozarevska 14 houses the editorial and
administrative offices of the newspaper Vecer. In
addition to the daily newspaper they also publish two
weeklies, with special editions, and a monthly journal.
The Narodni dom(National
Home), is located at the intersection of 
Svetozarevska
and Kneza Koclja ulica. In 1899 it was erected by
Slovenes with the funds provided by the Maribor Savings
Bank. It was designed by the Czech architect Jan Vejrych.
This impressive, palatial building was the centre of
economic, political, and cultural activities: Slovanska
citalnica (The Slavic Reading Club), The Theatre Society,
The Public Library, The National Museum, The Library of
the Historical Society for Slovene Styria, and other such
groups were centred here. In 1918 the National Council
for Styria held its meetings here.
From the Narodni dom (National Home) we cross the street
and descend to the Drava and Vodni
stolp (the Water Tower) [18], a Renaissance
pentagonal tower dating from 1555, and standing solitary
at the foot of the Drava. The Tower was outside the town
wall, but connected to Zidovski stolp (the
Jewish Tower) by a bridge.
The Water Tower has since been
converted into an attractive wine cellar, where a variety
of choice Slovene wines can be sampled and
purchased.
From
the Tower one can enjoy a rewarding view of the medieval synagogue
with its buttresses, and of the Jewish Tower. In
fact, this renovated district retains the most authentic
part of medieval Maribor.
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