Bistrica ob Sotli (pronounced [ˈbiːstɾitsa ɔp ˈsoːtli]) is a settlement in eastern Slovenia.

[3] The modern name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Peter pod Svetimi Gorami (literally, 'Saint Peter below the Holy Mountains') to Bistrica ob Sotli (literally, 'clear brook on the Sotla River') in 1952.

In 1472, Ottoman forces returning from Carinthia defeated troops under Colonel Seifried von Pohlheim in Bistrica ob Sotli.

A peasant army led by Ilija Gregorič defeated forces of the Styrian Estates here on 8 February 1573.

Modras, 1915–1943), later proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia, fell during fighting in Bistrica ob Sotli on 20 December 1943.

[3] Bistrica ob Sotli is the site of four known mass graves from the period immediately after the Second World War.

[10] The Primary School Mass Grave (Grobišče pri osnovni šoli) was uncovered during excavation work in 1979[11] for Marija Broz Primary School, revealing human remains and telephone wire.

[13] The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Peter and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje.