Laško

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Laško
Laško coat of arms Map of Slovenia, position of Laško highlighted
Basic data
Country SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
Historic region Lower Styria / Štajerska
Statistical region Savinjska (Sann area)
Coordinates 46 ° 9 '  N , 15 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 9 '16 "  N , 15 ° 14' 8"  E
surface 197.5  km²
Residents 13,730 (2002)
Population density 70 inhabitants per km²
Post Code 3270
License Plate CE
Structure and administration
Website
the former Karthaus Geyrach in Tüffer, around 1830.
View of the center of Laško

Laško ( German : Tüffer , often also Markt Tüffer ) is a municipality in the Slovenian greater region of Štajerska .

Geographical location

The city lies in the valley of the Savinja on both sides of the river and on the former Austrian southern railway Vienna – Trieste.

Zidani Most (at the mouth of the Savinja River into the Save ) and Rimske Toplice also belong to the municipality of Laško .

Laško's neighboring town is Celje , which is located to the north and is larger .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1227. The beer brewery known for the place goes back to the year 1817. In 1847 Tüffer was connected to the railway network. In 1900 the then market town of Tüffer had 842 inhabitants. Of these, 485 were Germans and 334 Slovenes. In 1927 the place received city rights. Until 1945, the place and the surrounding area was one of several German-speaking islands in what is now Slovenia.

Mass grave at Huda Jama

At the end of February / beginning of March 2009 , a mass grave from May and June 1945 was discovered in the Barbara tunnel near the village of Huda Jama ( Bad Pit ), about five kilometers west of the center of Laško, from which several hundred mummified corpses have since been recovered were. In total, the responsible investigators estimate the number of those murdered at several thousand. Reports of witnesses According to it should the victims were remaining troops of the Croatian NDH - armed forces act and to Nazi collaborators from Slovenia who were murdered immediately after the end of World War II by the ruling communists.

Economy and tourism

The city is best known in Slovenia for its brewery , whose beer is one of the most popular in Slovenia. The thermal baths (32–35 °) in the community, which have been in use since 1852 ("Kaiser-Franz-Josephs-Bad"), are also steeped in tradition . From 1953 on, the thermal baths were used as an institute for medical rehabilitation, but in recent years the focus has been on tourism marketing as a health and wellness center. The district of Rimske Toplice also has a thermal bath.

Districts of the entire municipality

coat of arms

Description : Three silver lilies in blue .

Sons and daughters of the place

  • Hugo Drolz (1862–1950), Austrian mining engineer

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ KK Statistische Central-Commission, Special-Orts-Repertorien of the kingdoms and countries represented in the Oesterreichischen Reichsrathe. Volume IV Styria (Vienna 1904) p. 50.
  2. ↑ a b Nazi mass grave discovered . In: Südkurier of March 5, 2009
  3. ↑ Još dvije jame kriju tisuće žrtava. In: Net.hr of March 8, 2009
  4. ↑ Kleine Zeitung : A cruel find in the mine [1]

literature

View from Hum to the west over Laško
  • Max Leidesdorf: The Römerbad Tüffer in Styria . Gerold, Vienna 1857 ( digitized version )

Web links

Commons : Laško  - collection of images, videos and audio files