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Šoštanj
Šoštanj (; german: Schönstein) is a town in northern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Šoštanj. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. History Šoštanj was first mentioned in written documents dating to around 1200 as ''Schönstein'' in relation to its castle. As a market town it was first mentioned in 1348. It was given town status in 1919 and until the 1960s was the center of the Šalek Valley ( sl, Šaleška dolina). In 1963 nearby Velenje became the administrative center. Šoštanj again became a municipal center in the late 1990s. The town has a long leather-working history, with industrial-scale activity going back to 1788. The factory was owned by the Woschnagg family, a Germanized branch of the Vošnjak family, until it was nationalized in 1945. The processing factory was closed down in 1999. A leather industry museum is now open in the town. Mass graves Šoštanj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mass Graves In Slovenia
Mass graves in Slovenia were created in Slovenia as the result of extrajudicial killings during and after the Second World War. These clandestine mass graves are also known as "concealed mass graves" ( sl, prikrita grobišča) or "silenced mass graves" () because their existence was concealed under the communist regime from 1945 to 1990.Ferenc, Mitja, & Ksenija Kovačec-Naglič. 2005. ''Prikrito in očem zakrito: prikrita grobišča 60 let po koncu druge svetovne vojne''. Ljubljana: Muzej novejše zgodovine. Some of the sites, such as the mass graves in Maribor, include some of the largest mass graves in Europe. Nearly 600 such sites have been registered by the Commission on Concealed Mass Graves in Slovenia, containing the remains of up to 100,000 victims. They have been compared by the Slovenian historian Jože Dežman to the Killing Fields in Cambodia. Background Many of the mass graves were created during the war, but the larger sites date from after the war. The wartime grav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality Of Šoštanj
The Municipality of Šoštanj (; sl, Občina Šoštanj) is a municipality in northern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Šoštanj Šoštanj (; german: Schönstein) is a town in northern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Šoštanj. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. Hi .... The municipality was established on 3 October 1994, prior to which it belonged to the larger Municipality of Velenje. The municipal holiday is celebrated on 30 October. Settlements In addition to the namesake city, the municipality also includes the following settlements: *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Družmirje 1 Mass Grave
Družmirje (, german: Schmersdorf) is a settlement in the Municipality of Šoštanj in northern Slovenia. It lies just east of Šoštanj with much of its territory flooded after the collapse of abandoned shafts in the Šoštanj lignite mine. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. Name Družmirje was attested in historical sources as ''Tresimir'' in 1309 (and as ''Stresimir'' in 1311, ''Smerstorf'' in 1318, and ''Smersdorf'' in 1424). The Slovenian name ''Družmirje'' is probably a clipped form of *''Družimir′e selo'' 'Družimirъ's village', referring to an early inhabitant of the place. Mass graves Družmirje is the site of two known mass graves from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Družmirje 1 and 2 mass graves ( sl, Grobišče Družmirje 1, 2) lie north of Lake Šoštanj. They contain the remains of Slovene, Croatian, and German civilians that were murdered on the Goric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šoštanj Power Plant
The Šoštanj Power Plant ( sl, Termoelektrarna Šoštanj), also known as the Sostanj Thermal Power Plant, is a lignite, heating oil and natural gas fueled power station on the bank of the Paka River near Šoštanj, Slovenia. Termoelektrarna Šoštanj is the owner and operator of the plant; TEŠ is fully owned by Holding Slovenske Elektrarne (HSE), which is 100% held by the Republic of Slovenia. Generating units As of the early 2020s, the plant operates two lignite fueled generating units and two natural gas fueled generating units. In addition to generation of electricity, the operating units provide district heating to the surrounding area, mainly Velenje city and Šoštanj. Units 1,2,3,4 Units 1,2,3,4 were built in 1956, 1956, 1960, and 1972 and were permanently retired due to age, economic unprofitability, and ecology. Their installation capacity was 30MW, 30MW, 75MW, and 275MW, together capable of producing 410 MWe. Unit 5 TES Unit 5 is a lignite-fueled thermal unit. It wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karel Destovnik Kajuh
Karel Destovnik, pen name and nom de guerre Kajuh (Slovene convention: ''Karel Destovnik – Kajuh'', 13 December 1922 – 22 February 1944) was a Slovenian poet, translator, resistance fighter, and Yugoslav people's hero. Life and work Kajuh was born in the town of Šoštanj in Slovenian Styria as the illegitimate child of Jože Destovnik and Marija Vasle. His parents later married on August 14, 1923. The sobriquet Kajuh comes from the oeconym of his grandfather's birthplace in Skorno near Šmartno ob Paki. After finishing primary school in 1933, he enrolled in the Celje First Grammar School. In 1934 he became a member of the Young Communist League of Yugoslavia (SKOJ). He was expelled from school due to his communist ideas. He then continued his schooling in Maribor but did not finish it due to World War II. Kajuh started writing poems before World War II. He began publishing his poems in the literary magazine for youth ''Slovenska mladina'' (Slovene Youth), edited by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savinja Statistical Region
The Savinja Statistical Region ( sl, Savinjska statistična regija) is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River. The region is very diverse in natural geography; it mainly comprises the wooded mountainous terrain attractive to tourists (the Upper Savinja Valley and part of the Kamnik–Savinja Alps), the fertile Lower Savinja Valley with good conditions for growing hops, the Kozje Hills, and the Velenje Basin with lignite deposits, used for electricity production. In 2013 the region invested more than EUR 127 million in environmental protection (the most of all regions). In 2013, the region accounted for 14% of enterprises created and 8% of enterprises shut down. The region has good natural conditions for agriculture. In 2013 this region had more than 11,000 farms, which is 15% of all farms in Slovenia, ranking the region right behind the Drava Statistical Region. In agricultural area utilised and livestock, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holding Slovenske Elektrarne
Holding Slovenske elektrarne (HSE) is a state-owned power generation company in Slovenia. It is the largest company in Slovenia and was established by a government decision on 26 July 2001. The company consists of hydroelectric plants based on the Drava, Sava, and Soča rivers and coal-fired power plants in Brestanica, Šoštanj, and Velenje. HSE has the following subsidiaries: * Dravske elektrarne Maribor (Drava Hydroelectric Plants in Maribor) * Savske elektrarne Ljubljana (Sava Hydroelectric Plants in Ljubljana) * Soške elektrarne Nova Gorica (Soča Hydroelectric Plants in Nova Gorica) * TE Brestanica (Brestanica Coal-Fired Power Plant) * TE Šoštanj (Šoštanj Coal-Fired Power Plant) * Premogovnik Velenje (Velenje Coal-Mining Company) * HSE Italia * HSE Balkan Energy * HSE Hungary On 28 August 2007 HSE acquired the Ruse Iztok Power Plant in Bulgaria for €81 million. See also *Elektro-Slovenija Elektro-Slovenija, d.o.o. (ELES) is a state-owned electricity tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, covers , and has a population of 2.1 million (2,108,708 people). Slovenes constitute over 80% of the country's population. Slovene, a South Slavic language, is the official language. Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps. A sub-mediterranean climate reaches to the northern extensions of the Dinaric Alps that traverse the country in a northwest–southeast direction. The Julian Alps in the northwest have an alpine climate. Toward the northeastern Pannonian Basin, a continental climate is more pronounced. Ljubljana, the capital and largest city of Slovenia, is geogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šalek Valley
The Šalek Valley (; sl, Šaleška dolina, german: Schallegger Tal) or the Velenje Basin (; ) is a basin in northern Slovenia in the northeastern pre-alpine foothills. It is named after Šalek Castle near the town of Velenje. The valley lies between the Kamnik–Savinja Alps to the west, the Pohorje Mountain Range to the east, and the Sava Hills to the south. It has a northwest-southeast orientation and is approximately 8 km long and 2 km wide. It contains a number of rivers and lakes. The Paka River runs through Velenje, with a number of tributaries from the northwest: Trebušnica Creek, Veriželj Creek and Slatina Creek. The Paka itself eventually flows into the Savinja River. The valley is separated from the Upper Savinja Valley () and Lower Savinja Valley () by the Golte Plateau, the Skorno Hills (, peaks along the Paka including Mount Oljka, and the Ponikva Plateau (). Especially on the north, the valley is closed in by a chain of high mountains, from northea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Slovenia
Slovenia is divided into 212 municipalities ( Slovene: ''občine'', singular'' občina''), of which 12 have urban (metropolitan) status. Municipalities are further divided into local communities and districts. Slovene is an official language of all the municipalities. Hungarian is a second official language of three municipalities in Prekmurje: Dobrovnik/Dobronak, Hodoš/Hodos, and Lendava/Lendva. Italian is a second official language of four municipalities (of which one has urban status) in the Slovene Littoral The Slovene Littoral ( sl, Primorska, ; it, Litorale; german: Küstenland) is one of the five traditional regions of Slovenia. Its name recalls the former Austrian Littoral (''Avstrijsko Primorje''), the Habsburg possessions on the upper Adria ...: Ankaran/Ancarano, Izola/Isola, Koper/Capodistria, and Piran/Pirano. In the EU statistics, the municipalities of Slovenia are classified as "local administrative unit 2" (LAU 2), below 58 administrative units ('), which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EBRD
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is an international financial institution founded in 1991. As a multilateral developmental investment bank, the EBRD uses investment as a tool to build market economies. Initially focused on the countries of the former Eastern Bloc it expanded to support development in more than 30 countries from Central Europe to Central Asia. Similar to other multilateral development banks, the EBRD has members from all over the world (North America, Africa, Asia and Australia, see below), with the biggest single shareholder being the United States, but only lends regionally in its countries of operations. Headquartered in London, the EBRD is owned by 71 countries and two European Union institutions, the newest shareholder being Algeria since October 2021. Despite its public sector shareholders, it invests in private enterprises, together with commercial partners. The EBRD is not to be confused with the European Investment Bank (EIB) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Bank For Reconstruction And Development
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is an international financial institution founded in 1991. As a multilateral developmental investment bank, the EBRD uses investment as a tool to build market economies. Initially focused on the countries of the former Eastern Bloc it expanded to support development in more than 30 countries from Central Europe to Central Asia. Similar to other multilateral development banks, the EBRD has members from all over the world (North America, Africa, Asia and Australia, see below), with the biggest single shareholder being the United States, but only lends regionally in its countries of operations. Headquartered in London, the EBRD is owned by 71 countries and two European Union institutions, the newest shareholder being Algeria since October 2021. Despite its public sector shareholders, it invests in private enterprises, together with commercial partners. The EBRD is not to be confused with the European Investment Bank (EIB), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
