Zagorje ob Savi (; german: Sagor,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 96. ''Seger an der Sau'') is a town in the Central Sava Valley in central

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. It is the seat of the

Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi The Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi (; sl, Občina Zagorje ob Savi) is a municipality in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Zagorje ob Savi. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. The entire munic ...

. It is located in the valley of Medija Creek, a minor left tributary of the

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River, east of

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southwest of

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, and west of Trbovlje. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. The entire municipality is now included in the

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. The town is home to about 7,000 people.Zagorje ob Savi municipal site
/ref> It includes the hamlets of Toplice (german: Töplitz) and Podvine.

Name

Zagorje ob Savi was attested in written sources as ''Zagorie'' in 1296, ''Zagoͤr'' in 1311, ''Sager'' in 1362, ''Sagor'' in 1391, and ''Seger'' in 1419, among other spellings. The name of the settlement was changed from ''Zagorje'' to ''Zagorje ob Savi'' in 1955. In the early 20th century the German name was ''Sagor''.

History

Archaeological evidence The archaeological record is the body of physical (not written) evidence about the past. It is one of the core concepts in archaeology, the academic discipline concerned with documenting and interpreting the archaeological record. Archaeological ...

shows that the area was already settled in the Late Bronze Age and

Iron Age The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...

. In 1755 deposits of

coal Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is formed when dea ...

were discovered in the area and the town's economic development began. Coal mining was one of the area's main activities until 1995, when the last mines were closed. In 2010, Zagorje ob Savi was heavily affected by floods.

Church

The

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...

in the settlement is dedicated to

Saints Peter and Paul Peter and Paul may refer to: * Saint Peter and Paul the Apostle considered together ** Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, 29 June in the Catholic liturgical calendar ** St. Peter and St. Paul's Church (disambiguation) * ''Peter and Paul'' (film), 1 ...

and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It is a Neo-Romanesque church built in 1873.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2690

References

External links

Zagorje ob Savi municipal site

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zagorje Ob Savi Populated places in the Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi Cities and towns in Styria (Slovenia)