| Občina Krško | ||
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| Area: | > 344,9 km² | |
| Population | 27,586 | |
| - males | 13,679 | |
| - females | 13,907 | |
| Mayor: | Franc Bogovič | |
| Average age: | 39. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology 26 years | |
| Residential areas: | 28. 21 m²/person | |
| - households: | 9,164 | |
| - families: | 7,663 | |
| Working active: | 12,949 | |
| - unemployed: | 2,131 | |
| Average monthly salary (August 2003): | ||
| - gross: | 239,501 SIT / 999. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The tolar was the Currency of Slovenia from 1991 until the introduction of the Euro on December 31, 2006. 42€ | |
| - net: | 151,511 SIT / 632. Please update other articles as well to avoid contradiction within Wikipedia e 42 € | |
| College/university students: | 978 | |
| Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002. | ||
Krško (German: Gurkfeld) lies in the south-east part of Slovenia, where the Sava valley widens up into the vast Brežiško - krško polje. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. The Sava ( Bosnian, Croatian, Slovene: Sava; Serbian: Сава, Sava) is a river in
Krško is known for Slovenia's one and only nuclear power plant, the Krško Nuclear Power Plant. Nuclear power is any Nuclear technology designed to extract usable Energy from atomic nuclei via controlled Nuclear reactions The Krško Nuclear Power Plant is located in Krško, Slovenia.
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History
The area of Krško was settled since prehistoric times. Later it was a Habsburg possession.
Main sights
In the historical centre are Valvasorjeva hiša (Valvasor House), the churches of St. John and of the Holy Spirit, and the Capuchin convent. On a hill west to the town is the medieval castle, enlarged in the 15th century by Duke Frederick IV of Austria. Frederick IV Duke of Further of Austria, also known as Frederick of the Empty Pockets ( 1382 - June 24, 1439) was the Habsburg
Natural sights include Kostanjevica Cave, the foot of the Gorjanci mountain range. Žumberak (in Croatian) or Gorjanci (in Slovenian) is a range of Mountains or hills between Croatia and Slovenia. The Krakovo forest is the only virgin forest in Slovenia where English oak (Quercus robur) grows and is a habitat for several rare and endangered animal species. Quercus robur (sometimes considered Q pedunculata) is commonly known as the pedunculate oak or English oak.
Famous people
Important figures in Slovene history are linked with the town of Krško. The history of Slovenia chronicles the period from the 5th Century BC to the present times Adam Bohoric, born near Brestanica, was a Slovene grammarian and an early schoolmaster. Adam Bohorič (born c 1520 - November 20 1598) was a Slovene Protestant preacher teacher and author of the first grammar of the Brestanica is a small Town in Eastern Slovenia. It was the birthplace of Adam Bohorič (1520 - 1598 Protestant preacher teacher and author Grammar is the field of Linguistics that covers the Rules governing the use of any given natural language. His pupil Jurij Dalmatin, born in Krško, translated the entire Bible into Slovene in 1584. Jurij Dalmatin (c 1547 - 1589 was a Slovene Protestant Priest, Writer and Translator. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin The historian and polymath Janez Vajkard Valvasor, whose Glory of the Duchy of Carniola (1689) made Slovenia known throughout the world, lived for a time in Krško. A polymath ( Greek polymathēs, πολυμαθής "having learned much" is a person whose knowledge is not restricted to one subject area Baron Janez Vajkard Valvasor (also Johann Weikhard Freiherr von Valvasor) (baptized on May 28, 1641 - September 19, 1693) was a The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola (Die Ehre deß Hertzogthums Crain Slava vojvodine Kranjske is Janez Vajkard Valvasor 's most important work on the Natural Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija) is a Country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west
Economy
Industries of Krško include construction, metalworking, paper, textiles, wood processing, agriculture, trade, and transportation, while tourism continues to develop. In the fields of Architecture and Civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the Building or assembling of Infrastructure Metalworking is craft and practice of working with Metals to create individual parts assemblies or large scale structures Paper is thin material mainly used for writing upon printing upon or packaging A textile is a flexible material comprised of a network of natural or artificial Fibres often referred to as thread or Yarn. Wood Processing is a form of a doing that is when you take a perfectly good piece of wood and you make it into a new piece Wood products includ Paper, from pulp Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture Trade is the willing exchange of goods, services, or both Trade is also called Commerce. Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another Tourism is Travel for Recreational or Leisure purposes The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel
The Brežiško - krško polje provides for fertile vineyards and apple, pear, peach, apricot, and plum orchards. A vineyard is a Plantation of Grape -bearing Vines grown mainly for Winemaking, but also Raisins Table grapes and non-alcoholic The apple is the pomaceous Fruit of the apple tree Species Malus domestica in the Rose family Rosaceae. A pear is a pomaceous Fruit produced by a tree of Genus Pyrus. The peach ( Prunus persica) is a species of Prunus native to China that bears an edible juicy fruit also called a peach The Apricot ( Prunus armeniaca, "Armenian plum" in Latin syn A plum or gage is a stone fruit Tree in the genus Prunus, subgenus Prunus. Local vineyards produce wines such as Cviček, Laški Rizling, Modra Frankinja, the white and red Sremičan, and the predicate wines that are matured in local wine cellars. Cviček is a Slovenian wine from the Lower Carniola region of Slovenia, composed of various grapes Modra Frankinja (Blue Franconian Welschriesling is an ancient variety of white Wine grape that is unrelated to the Rhine Riesling. Blaufränkisch ( German for blue "Frankish") is a dark-skinned variety of Grape used for red Wine.
See also
External links
- Krško, official page of municipality (Slovene)
- [1], randburg. The Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia is a speedway event that is a part of the Speedway Grand Prix Series Brežice (German Rann) is city and municipality in Slovenia in Posavje, near the Croatian border com database entry for Krško
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