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Ormož is situated at an altitude of 203 m on the left bank of the river Drava in the Prodravska region of eastern Slovenia. The area between Ormož and Ljutomer (some 19 km to the north) is one of the most famous wine-growing regions of the country. The first vineyards were probably set up by the Romans. Knights of the Teutonic Order who were called into the country in 1222 found the area and the wine so agreeable that they named one of the places Jeruzalem. During the times of the Austrian Monarchy the wine became so famous that it was prohibited by law that the local people drank the wine themselves because all of it was brought to the empire's metropoles or was exported to other countries.