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Dobova–Ljubljana Railway
The Dobova–Ljubljana Railway ( sl, Železniška proga Dobova–Ljubljana) is a long, double-tracked railway line in Slovenia, which is operated by Slovenske železnice Infrastruktura d.o.o. It is electrified with 3 kV DC from Ljubljana to Dobova and 25 kV AC from Dobova to the national border, where it connects to Croatian railway network, specifically the M101 line extending to Zagreb. The railway line follows the Sava Valley and is integral part of Pan-European Corridor X, running from Salzburg through Ljubljana and Zagreb towards Skopje and Thessaloniki. It was the route of the Orient Express The ''Orient Express'' was a long-distance passenger train service created in 1883 by the Belgian company ''Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits'' (CIWL) that operated until 2009. The train traveled the length of continental Europe and int ... service from 1919 to 1977. See also * Pan-European Corridor X References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dobova-Ljubljana Rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zidani Most
Zidani Most (; german: Steinbrück) is a settlement in the Municipality of Laško in eastern Slovenia. It lies at the confluence of the Sava and Savinja rivers. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region. It is an important railway station and junction. Name The name ''Zidani Most'' literally means 'stone bridge'. The settlement was attested in 1224 as ''Lapideo Ponti'' (and as ''trans Pontem'' in 1230, ''bey der Gemauertten Prucken'' in 1457–1461, and ''an der Stainen Prukken'' in 1470).Snoj, Marko. 2009. ''Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen''. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 481. The name refers to a stone bridge built at the site in 1224 by Leopold VI. The bridge was destroyed in battles between Emperor Frederick III and the Counts of Celje in 1442. Main sights Bridges A bridge already crossed the Sava in the area in 20 BC, in the Roman period, linking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrastnik
Hrastnik (, German: ''Hrastnigg'') is a town in the Central Sava Valley in central Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Hrastnik. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Central Sava Statistical Region. History In the past, the majority of locals were employed in the glass, coal, or chemical industry. Today the glass and chemicals factories still operate, but many people also go to work in neighbouring towns such as Trbovlje or Zagorje ob Savi. Coal started being mined in Hrastnik in 1822. Production was limited until 1849, when the town was connected to the Austrian Southern Railway. Hrastnik is also known for glass manufacturing. The first school was opened in Hrastnik in 1860. It was originally operated for miners' children at the miners' restaurant but became a public school in 1872. A separate school building was built in 1879. A German-language school was established in 1907 and operated until the end of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dobova
Dobova () is a settlement in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia. The railway line from Ljubljana to Zagreb runs through the settlement and the station is an international railway border crossing. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Styria, Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region. The local parish church is dedicated to the Holy Name of Mary and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It is a Romanesque Revival architecture, Neo-romanesque building with a triple nave, built on the site of two older churches in 1865. reference number 2940 References External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brežice
Brežice (; german: Rann ) is a town in eastern Slovenia in the Lower Sava Valley, near the Croatian border. It is the seat of the Municipality of Brežice. It lies in the center of the Brežice Plain ( sl, Brežiško polje), which is part of the larger Krka Flat ( sl, Krška ravan). The area was traditionally divided between Lower Styria (territory on the left bank of the Sava River) and Lower Carniola (territory on the right bank of the Sava River). The entire municipality is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region. Brežice prides itself on a rich historical and cultural heritage. The Lower Sava Valley Museum ( sl, Posavski muzej Brežice), housed in Brežice Castle, contains archaeological and ethnological exhibits, exhibits on the Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt, and a modern history collection. It is one of the largest regional museums in the country. A more recent landmark addition to the town is its water tower, as well as the double arches of the 527 m long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libna
Libna (, in older sources ''Libno'', german: Loibenberg) is a settlement in the hills immediately east of the town of Krško in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region. The local church is dedicated to Saint Margaret ( sl, sveta Marjeta) and belongs to the Parish of Videm–Krško. It has a rectangular nave with a three-sided apse and dates to 1580. It was restyled in the Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ... style in 1765. refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krško
Krško (; german: Gurkfeld) is a town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the City municipality of Krško. The town lies on the Sava River and on the northwest edge of the Krško Plain ( sl, Krško polje), which is part of the larger Krka Flat ( sl, Krška ravan). The area is divided between the traditional regions of Styria (territory on the left bank of the Sava) and Lower Carniola (territory on the right bank of the Sava). The entire municipality is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region. Slovenia's only nuclear power plant, the Krško Nuclear Power Plant, lies southeast of the town. Name The name of the settlement was changed from ''Krško'' to ''Videm–Krško'' in 1953. The name ''Krško'' was restored in 1964. In the past the German name was ''Gurkfeld''. History Archaeological evidence shows that the area was settled in prehistoric times. Along the Sava River, numerous Bronze and Iron Age sites as well as Roman finds show continuous occupation. After the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brestanica
Brestanica () is an urban settlement in the Municipality of Krško in eastern Slovenia. It lies in the valley at the confluence of the Sava River with a minor tributary called the Brestanica. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region. Name The settlement was originally called ''Rajhenburg'' in Slovene, after Reichenburg Castle in the settlement. This name was attested in written sources in 895 as ''Richenburch.''Snoj, Marko. 2009. ''Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen''. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 78. The name of the settlement was changed from ''Rajhenburg'' to ''Brestanica'' in 1952. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove German elements from toponyms. The name ''Brestanica'' was originally a hydron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanca, Sevnica
Blanca () is a settlement on the left bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Sevnica in central Slovenia.The area is part of the historical region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region. The settlement includes the neighborhood of Agrež in the west and the hamlets of Suho and Vrhek to the northeast. The railway line from Ljubljana to Zagreb runs along the left bank of the Sava and there is a small railway station in the settlement. Name Blanca was attested in written records in 1309 as ''Blanitz''. The name is derived from ''*Blanica'', a diminutive of the obsolete noun ''*blana'' (cf. Czech ''blana'' 'meadow, pasture', Belarusian ''balona'' 'empty land before a village', Bulgarian ''blana'' 'lawn, meadow'). The name therefore originally refers to the local geography. History Prehistoric burial mounds were found in the area in 1892, testifying to early settlement. A school was established in 1874. During the Second World War, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sevnica
Sevnica (; german: Lichtenwald''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 20.) is a town on the left bank of the Sava River in central Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Sevnica. It is one of the three major settlements in the Lower Sava Valley. The old town of Sevnica lies beneath Sevnica Castle, which is perched on top of Castle Hill, while the new part of town stretches along the plain among the hills up the Sava Valley, forming another town core at the confluence of the Sevnična and Sava rivers. Name The settlement was first attested in written records in 1275 in German as ''Liechtenwalde'' (and as ''Lihtenwalde'' in 1309, ''Lietenueld'' in 1344, ''Liechtenwald'' in 1347, and ''Sielnizza'' in 1581). The Slovene name is probably derived from a hydronym referring to Sevnična Creek (first attested in 1488 as ''Zellnitz''). This name is derived from the adjectiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sevnica–Trebnje Railway
The Sevnica–Trebnje Railway ( sl, Železniška proga Sevnica–Trebnje) is one of the railway lines that form the Slovenian Railways, Slovenian Railway Network. It is located in Lower Carniola, the traditional region of southeastern Slovenia. Its termini are in Sevnica and Trebnje, and it is long, non-electrified and single-tracked. It is used by both passenger and freight trains. Course The line crosses the Sava River and enters the Mirna Valley, where it then crosses the Mirna (Sava), Mirna and the Bistrica (Mirna), Bistrica rivers. It runs through the settlements of Dolenji Boštanj, Tržišče, Sevnica, Tržišče, Pijavice, Slovenska Vas, Šentrupert, Slovenska Vas, and Mirna (settlement), Mirna. The largest structure on the line is the Sava River bridge at Sevnica, built in 1938. History The prime reason for the line was the coal mine in Krmelj. The section between Trebnje and Krmelj was built in 1908. Between 1936 and 1938 the route was extended from Tržišče, Sevnica, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breg, Sevnica
Breg () is a settlement on the left bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Sevnica in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region. The settlement includes the hamlets of Gradišče, Jelše, and Zagradec.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1976. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 254. Name ''Breg'' is not only a common toponym in Slovenia, but also has equivalents in other Slavic languages (e.g., '' Brijeg'' in Bosnia and Herzegovina, '' Břehy'' in the Czech Republic, '' Brehy'' in Slovakia, and ''Brzeg'' in Poland), all derived from the Slavic common noun ''*bergъ'' 'slope, bank'. In Slovene, the noun ''breg'' may refer not only to sloping land or land alongside a body of water, but also to the water itself. History The remains of a prehistoric fortress above the settlement, where worked stone artifacts have been found, attest to early settlemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loka
Loka () is a concept in Hinduism and other Indian religions, that may be translated as a planet, the universe, a plane, or a realm of existence. In some philosophies, it may also be interpreted as a mental state that one can experience. A primary concept in several Indian religions is the idea that different lokas are home to various divine beings, and one takes birth in such realms based on their karma. Hinduism Three lokas The most common classification of lokas in Hinduism is the Trailokya, or the three worlds. The concept of the three worlds has a number of different interpretations in Hindu cosmology. In Hindu literature, the three worlds refer to either the earth (Bhuloka), heaven (Svarga), and hell (Naraka), or the earth (Bhuloka), heaven (Svarga), and the netherworld (Patala) Bhuloka In the Narada Purana, Bhuloka is identified with the planet Earth, the world of human beings. It is described to be split up into seven regions, referred to as dvipas (islands). These ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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