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Moste District
The Moste District (; sl, Četrtna skupnost Moste), or simply Moste, is a district () of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It encompasses the east-central part of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is named after the former village of Moste. Geography The Moste District is bounded on the north by the railroad to Dobova, on the east by the A1 Freeway, on the south by the Gruber Canal in the western part, but mostly by the Ljubljanica River, and on the west by the railroad to Metlika. The district includes the former villages of Moste, Selo, Studenec, and Vodmat. The Kodeljevo Sports Park, Ljubljana Power Station, and Selo Mansion are located in Moste. The district is traversed by the Path of Remembrance and Comradeship and by the Ljubljana Eastern Bypass. It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region The Central Slovenia Statistical Region ( sl, Osrednjeslovenska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Ljubljana
The City Municipality of Ljubljana (), also the City of Ljubljana ( sl, Mestna občina Ljubljana, acronym MOL) is one of twelve Municipalities of Slovenia, city and metropolitan municipalities in Slovenia. Its seat is Ljubljana, the largest and capital city of Slovenia. , its mayor is Zoran Janković (politician), Zoran Janković. Administrative division The City Municipality of Ljubljana comprises 17 districts (Slovene singular: ): the Bežigrad District, Center District, Ljubljana, Center District, Črnuče District, Dravlje District, Golovec District, Jarše District, Moste District, Polje District, Posavje District, Ljubljana, Posavje District, Rožnik District, Rudnik District, Sostro District, Šentvid District, Šiška District, Šmarna Gora District, Trnovo District, and Vič District. These are represented by district councils (Slovene singular: or ). Economy The budget of MOL was 346,505,748 euros for 2011. It was shaped by the sell of land lot and the construction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gruber Canal
__NOTOC__ Gruber is a German surname from Austria and Bavaria, referring to a person from a geological depression, mine, or pit. It is the most common surname in Austria (see List of most common surnames). Places * Gruber Mountains, Antarctica * Gruber, Manitoba, former settlement in the Canadian province of Manitoba * Camp Gruber, Oklahoma Army National Guard facility, named for Edmund L. Gruber People People whose family name is or was Gruber * Andreas Gruber (born 1954), Austrian screenwriter and director * Barbara Gruber (born 1977), German ski mountaineer * Christoph Gruber (born 1976), Austrian alpine skier * David Gruber, American Marine Biologist * Edmund L. Gruber (1879–1941) US Army general, composer of military music, and brother of William R. Gruber * Ferry Gruber (1926–2004), Austrian-German tenor in opera and operetta * Florian Gruber (born 1983), German racing driver * Frank Gruber (writer) (1904–1969), writer of Westerns and detective fiction * Franz Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljubljana Eastern Bypass
The Ljubljana Ring Road ( sl, Ljubljansko vozlišče, ) is a motorway ring road around the city of Ljubljana. The ring road forms the main hub of the Slovenian motorway network and connects to the A1 and A2 motorways. It was built from 1979 till 1999 and consists of four bypass sections: the northern bypass (), the eastern bypass (), the southern bypass (), and the western bypass (). The ring road itself is signed as the A1 on the southern and eastern parts, the A2 on the western and southern parts, while the northern sections are signed as the H3 expressway. The outer ring is 29.1 km long, while the inner ring is 28.65 km long. The average daily traffic (AADT) is the highest on the northern sections and at more than 70,000 vehicles is also the highest in Slovenia. A toll sticker system has been in use on the Ljubljana Ring Road since 1 July 2008. References Highways in Slovenia Roads in Slovenia Ring roads Buildings and structures completed in 1999 Ring Road Ring Road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Path Of Remembrance And Comradeship
The Trail of Remembrance and Comradeship ( sl, Pot spominov in tovarištva, acronym ''PST''), also referred to as the Trail Along the Wire (), the Trail Around Ljubljana (), or the Green Ring (), is a gravel-paved recreational and memorial walkway almost long and wide around the city of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. The walkway leads past Koseze Pond and across Golovec Hill. During World War II, the Province of Ljubljana, annexed by Fascist Italy, was subjected to brutal repression after the emergence of resistance and the Italian forces erected a barbed wire fence—the route of which is now the ''Trail of Remembrance and Comradeship''—around Ljubljana in order to prevent communication between the city's underground Liberation Front activists in Ljubljana and the Slovene Partisans in the surrounding countryside. The barbed wire was set around the town in February 1942 and surrounded it (even after the town's liberation on 9 May 1945) until 26 June 1945, when the town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selo Mansion
Selo Mansion ( sl, Dvorec Selo) is a mansion at Zalog Street () west of the intersection with Kajuh Street () in the former village of Selo in the Moste District of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is a Late Baroque mansion, currently owned by the company GIVO Real. It houses the embassies of Albania and Kosovo, a private clinic, and an ethno club. History The mansion was built in 1760 and initially served as Jesuit College retreat from Trieste. In 1762, it was bought by the tradesmen Valentin Ruard and Josef Desselbrunner, who arranged the largest cloth factory of the Austrian Empire in it. After the factory became unprofitable, it was closed in 1803. From 1820 until the end of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ..., it was used by the military. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljubljana Power Station
The Ljubljana Power Station is a coal-fired heat and power station in the Moste District of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. Owner-Operator The plant is owned and operated by Energetika Ljubljana. Production of heat and electricity The plant delivers 90% of the remote generated heat in Ljubljana. About 74% of Ljubljana households use district heating. Operating units The power station consists of three units, which went in service in 1966, 1967, and 1984, and generate 42 MW, 32 MW, and 50 MW of electric power (94 MW, 94 MW, and 152 MW of heat, respectively). The 101 metre tall chimney at has a gallery that resembles an observation deck. However, it contains equipment for exhaust monitoring. Fuel The Ljubljana Power Station uses coal procured from Indonesia and 15% biomass, about 100,000 tons of woodchips per year. In the past, coal was supplied from Slovenian Central Sava Valley coal mines; however, Indonesian coal is cheaper and contains less sulfur. See also * Energ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodeljevo Sports Park
Kodeljevo Sports Park ( sl, Športni park Kodeljevo) is a multi-purpose stadium in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of ND Slovan. The stadium opened in 1959 and the main stand was built in 1965. It is located in a larger sports complex, which includes a multi-purpose arena A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ..., an Olympic swimming pool and tennis courts. References External linksKodeljevo Sports Parkon stadioni.org {{coord, 46, 3, 1.35, N, 14, 31, 59.31, E, type:landmark_region:SI, display=title Football venues in Slovenia Multi-purpose stadiums in Slovenia Sports venues in Ljubljana Buildings and structures completed in 1965 Moste District 1965 establishments in Slovenia 20th-century architectur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vodmat
Vodmat (; in older sources also ''Udmat'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 110–111. german: Udmath) is a formerly independent settlement in the eastern part of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. Geography Vodmat lies immediately east of the historical center of Ljubljana, south of the railroad to Moste, on either side of the railroad to Lower Carniola, and extending past the Ljubljanica River to the south, into the area north of the Gruber Canal, encompassing the Kodeljevo neighborhood and Kodeljevo Castle ( sl, Kodeljev grad, german: Thurn an der Laibach). Name Vodmat is locally known as ''Udmat''. The name is originally a hydronym, derived from Slavic ''*vodomǫtъ'' 'turbid, cloudy water', and probably r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studenec (Ljubljana)
Studenec (; german: Studenz,''Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung'', no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 21. in older sources ''Kaltenbrunn'') is a formerly independent settlement in the southeast part of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. Geography Studenec is a settlement that extends along a terrace north of the Ljubljanica River. The soil is gravelly. The houses extend along the road from Ljubljana to Zalog and onto the bank below the road toward the Ljubljanica. Name In the local dialect, Studenec is known as ''Stədi̯ḁ̀nc''. The name is derived from the Slovene common noun ''studenec'' 'small spring', referring to a local geological feature. In this case, the name derives from a spring located along the road in the settlement. In the past the German name was ''Stude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selo (Ljubljana)
Selo () is a formerly independent settlement in the east-central part of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. Geography Selo stands on the left bank of the Ljubljanica River on a slight bend just west of the mouth of the Gruber Canal, at the site of the former sharp bend where the river's course was straightened in 1835. Name In older sources, the village was referred to as ''Sello an der Fabri(c)k'' (literally, 'Selo by the factory'), referring to a cloth factory established opposite Selo Mansion in the first half of the 18th century. The name ''Selo'' is common in Slovenia and is derived from the common noun ''selo'' 'settlement, village'. History Selo was attested as a village in the 14th century. Selo Mansion was built in Selo in 1760 and initially served as a Jesuit Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljubljanica
The Ljubljanica (), known in the Middle Ages as the ''Sava'', is a river in the southern part of the Ljubljana Basin in Slovenia. The capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, lies on the river. The Ljubljanica rises south of the town of Vrhnika and flows into the Sava River about downstream from Ljubljana. Its largest affluent is the Mali Graben Canal. Including its source affluent the Little Ljubljanica ( sl, Mala Ljubljanica), the river is in length. The Little Ljubljanica joins the Big Ljubljanica ( sl, Velika Ljubljanica) after and the river continues its course as the Ljubljanica. The Ljubljanica is the continuation of several karst rivers that flow from the Prezid Karst Field ( sl, Prezidsko polje) to Vrhnika on the surface and underground in caves, and so the river is poetically said to have seven names (six name changes): Trbuhovica, Obrh, Stržen, Rak, Pivka, Unica, and Ljubljanica. Archaeological significance The Ljubljanica has become a popular site for archaeologists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Motorway (Slovenia)
The A1 motorway ( sl, avtocesta A1), also known as Slovenika, is long, connecting Šentilj (at the Austrian border) and Koper/Capodistria (on the shores of the Adriatic Sea). It connects several of the largest metropolitan areas of the country, including Maribor, Celje and Ljubljana, all the way to the Slovenian Littoral and port town of Koper. Construction began in 1970 and the first section was finished in 1972, connecting Vrhnika and Postojna. Everyday operation of this initial stretch started on 29 December 1972. The connection to Koper was finished on 23 November 2004. The second-to-last part, from Trojane to Blagovica, was opened on 12 August 2005. It was also the most expensive, having eight viaducts and two tunnels despite being only 11 km long. The final section, the eastern Maribor bypass, opened on 14 August 2009. Route description The A1 motorway provides connection of Slovenia and Austria (only other motorway with border crossing to Austria being A2 motor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
