Topolšica ( or ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Šoštanj in northern

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

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. The municipality is now included in the

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 com ...

. The

Topolšica spa Topolšica ( or ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Šoštanj in northern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Styria, Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. The Topolšica spa and ...

and the

Topolšica Hospital Topolšica ( or ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Šoštanj in northern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. The Topolšica spa and the Topolši ...

are located in the settlement.

History

At the end of the

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after the

German Instrument of Surrender The German Instrument of Surrender (german: Bedingungslose Kapitulation der Wehrmacht, lit=Unconditional Capitulation of the "Wehrmacht"; russian: Акт о капитуляции Германии, Akt o kapitulyatsii Germanii, lit=Act of capit ...

, General Löhr signed the act of surrender on 9 May 1945 in the spa building in the settlement. The room is now a small museum that commemorates the event.

Church

The local

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is dedicated to Saint James ( sl, sveti Jakob) and belongs to the

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of Šoštanj. It dates to the 16th century with major rebuilding around 1830.

Notable people

The Slovenian poet and writer

Pavla Rovan Pavla Rovan was a Slovenian poet and writer, born 21 January 1908 in Frastanz, Austria. She died 12 June 1999 in Topolšica in northern Slovenia. Her name is sometimes written as Pavlo Rovan. Biography Born Pavla Hafner, she attended elementary s ...

(1908–1999) died in Topolšica on 12 June 1999.

References

External links

Topolšica at Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šoštanj Spa towns in Slovenia {{Šoštanj-geo-stub