Slovenj Gradec (German: Windischgrätz, which means Slovenian Graz) is a small city and a municipality in the Carinthia region of northern Slovenia, only a few kilometers from the Austrian border. The city is located around 45 km west of Maribor and 65 km northeast of Ljubljana. The area around it also goes by the name "Slovenj Gradec" and is one of Slovenia's 193 municipalities.