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The Central Sava Valley ( sl, Zasavje) is a valley in the Sava Hills and a geographic region along the
The Central Sava Valley ( sl, Zasavje) is a valley in the Sava Hills and a geographic region along the Sava
The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally t ...
in central Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
, now constituting the Central Sava Statistical Region. The region consists of three municipalities: Zagorje ob Savi
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 ce ...
, Trbovlje
Trbovlje (; german: Trifail''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 58.) is Slovenia's tenth-largest town, and the seat of the Municipality ...
, and 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 Cent ...
. Several coal mines operated in the Central Sava Valley, although all except the Trbovlje–Hrastnik Mine are now defunct. It is surrounded by the Sava Hills, with Kum () on the right side of the Sava and Black Peak () on at the left side of the Sava, as its highest peaks.
History
The Slovene term ''Zasavje'' for this area is a recent coinageVrišer, Igor. 1963. ''Rudarska mesta Zagorje, Trbovlje, Hrastnik''. Ljubljana: Slovenska Matica, p. 13 that did not come into general use until the 1920s, with the western part of the region being part of Carniola ( sl, Kranjska) and its eastern part (Trbovlje and Hrastnik) belonging to Styria ( sl, Štajerska). Due to itscoalmining
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 fro ...
tradition, it was one of the first regions in today's Slovenia to be industrialized in the 19th century. Construction of the Austrian Southern Railway, which led from Vienna
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to Trieste
Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into prov ...
through Slovenia and the Central Sava Valley in 1849, was a major milestone.
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