Krmelj () is a settlement in the
Municipality of Sevnica
The Municipality of Sevnica ( sl, Občina Sevnica) is a municipality along the Sava and the Mirna Rivers in southeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Sevnica. Today it is part of the Lower Sava Statistical Region. It is th ...
in central
Slovenia. It lies in the valley of Hinje Creek, a left
tributary of the
Mirna River. The area is part of the historical region of
Lower Carniola and is now included in the
Lower Sava Statistical Region.
Sevnica municipal site
/ref> The history and the development of Krmelj have been significantly influenced by its brown coal mine.
Railroad
Krmelj has been connected by railroad with Trebnje since 1908 and with Sevnica since 1938. There is a former railway station in Krmelj, now used as the local fire station. It was in use only after the railroad connected Krmelj with Sevnica and was originally named the Šent Janž Railway Station after the formerly larger settlement of Šentjanž. After World War II, Krmelj grew larger than Šentjanž and the railway station was renamed the Krmelj Railway Station. Since 1996, it has been closed to rail service.
Ponds
Two ponds, the remnants of coal mining
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from ...
in the town area, lie in the southern part of the settlement.
References
External links
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Krmelj at Geopedia
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Populated places in the Municipality of Sevnica