Gornja Radgona

Gornja Radgona is a town in the Styria region of Slovenia, seat of the Municipality of Gornja Radgona, with a 2020 population of 3,086 across 3.0 square kilometers. Its medieval origins date to the twelfth century beneath Ratigoj Castle, and until 1919 it formed one settlement with its Austrian neighbor Bad Radkersburg across the Mura River, before the two were separated when Styria was divided between Austria and Slovenia after the First World War. The town hosts an annual International Agricultural and Food Fair drawing more than 120,000 visitors and saw major fighting at its border crossing during the Slovenian independence struggle of 1991.