Zreče
Zreče
Rötschach bei Gonobitz | |
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Styria | |
Statistical region | Savinja |
Municipality | Zreče |
Area | |
• Total | 2.17 km2 (0.84 sq mi) |
Elevation | 396.4 m (1,300.5 ft) |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 2,922 |
Climate | Dfb |
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Zreče (pronounced
Geography
Zreče is located 100 kilometres (62 miles) northeast of Ljubljana, 42 km (26 mi) from Maribor, 25 km (16 mi) from Celje and 4 km (2 mi) from Slovenske Konjice.[4]
History
Archaeological evidence from the area has pointed to Neolithic settlement of the area.[5] The earliest written sources date to the end of the 10th century, when the area was divided into a number of ecclesiastical and secular domains.[4]
Zreče became a single settlement in 1987, when the villages of Zgornje Zreče (German: Oberrötschach or Oberretschach),[6][7] Spodnje Zreče (German: Unterrötschach or Unterretschach),[6][7] and Nova Dobrava (known as Dobrava until 1953)[8] were united.
Church
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Giles (Slovene: Sveti Egidij) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It dates to the 14th century with 18th and 19th century side chapels.[9] Two churches on Mount Juniper (Brinjeva Gora) to the east of the settlement belong to the same parish. They are dedicated to Saint Agnes (Slovene: Sveta Neža), built between 1726 and 1732, and to the Virgin Mary, built in 1769.[10]
Tourism
The Rogla ski and health resort has become increasingly important to the local economy through tourism, which employs around half of the population. There are many hotels, self-catering units, holiday houses, and villas in the area and gymnasiums, health clinics, saunas, and massage parlors.[11] The Rogla resort is most active from the beginning of December through mid March and has 13 slopes for skiers of all abilities.
Tourism at Zreče Pohorje (
The idea was to develop Rogla together with other tourist centres on Pohorje to offer a complete package with skiing, the
In 2005, the town was twinned with
Notable people
- Marijan Osole (1924–2015) general manager of Unior (1968–1992), the founding father of the town of Zreče in its present form
Twin towns
- Sedbergh, (since 2005)
References
- ^ a b Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Suess, Franz Eduard (1897). Das Erdbeben von Laibach am 14. April 1895. Vienna: Verlag der k. k. geologischen Reichsanstalt. p. 361.
- ^ Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik (1910). Allgemeiner Bericht und Chronik der in den Jahren 1904--1916-1921 in Österreich beobachteten Erdbeben. Vienna: Österreichische Staatsdruckerei. p. 55.
- ^ a b "Municipality" (in Slovenian). Občina Zreče. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage Archived July 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine reference number ešd 10347
- ^ a b K. K. Statistischen Central-Commission (1883). Orts-Repertorien der im Oesterreichischen Reichsrathe Vertretenen Königreiche und Lander. IV. Steiermark. Vienna: K. K. Statistischen Central-Commission. p. 27.
- ^ a b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 54.
- ^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage Archived July 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine reference number ešd 3533.
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage Archived July 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine reference number ešd 3535 & 3536
- ^ "Zreče Health Resort and the Rogla climatic resort". Slovenia Tourist Board. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- ^ Brečko, Andraž. Thesis: Turizem in informacijska tehnologija, primer Unior d.d. program turizem. Ljubljana 2004 (in Slovene)
- ^ Sedbergh official site
External links
- Media related to Zreče at Wikimedia Commons
- Zreče on Geopedia