 According to the last Austrian census of 1910, around 9% of the population of present-day Slovenia spoke German as their native tongue.Towns with a German-speaking majority included Maribor, Celje, Ptuj, Kočevje, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenska Bistrica, Ormož, Dravograd and some other smaller towns.After World War I, the number of German-speakers dropped significantly