Rimske Toplice

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Rimske Toplice
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Rimske Toplice (Slovenia)
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Basic data
Country SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
Historic region Lower Styria / Štajerska
Statistical region Savinjska (Sann area)
local community Laško
Coordinates 46 ° 7 '  N , 15 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 7 '25 "  N , 15 ° 11' 40"  E
height 242  m. i. J.
Residents 822 (2002)
Post Code 3272
License Plate CE
Structure and administration
Mailing address Ulica XIV. Divizije 8
3272 Rimske Toplice
Website

Rimske Toplice ( German : Römerbad ) is a village in the Slovenian greater region of Štajerska and belongs to the municipality of Laško . It is around 240 meters above sea level in the Savinja valley between Laško and Zidani Most and is surrounded by forested mountains. The well-known Slovenian poet Anton Aškerc was born here.

Thermal springs

Rimske Toplice is known for its medicinal springs, which were already valued by the Romans , as the name suggests. They laid the first basins here more than 2,000 years ago. The springs were mentioned for the first time in 1486, but they were not expanded into modern thermal baths until 1840, after the wife of the Trieste merchant Gustav Adolf Uhlich, Amalia, was cured by the weakly radioactive water. With the opening of the Vienna-Trieste railway line in 1848, more and more guests visited the thermal baths, v. a. wealthier people from Trieste, Hungary and Zagreb . It was customary among the distinguished guests to plant exotic trees, so that even today you can still find Canadian hemlocks, Japanese hibalea trees, cypresses or California cedars near the thermal baths.

After the Second World War , the thermal baths were used as a health resort for members of the Yugoslav army. However, since 1991 it was increasingly in decline. In the meantime it has been possible to find investors for the restoration and the facility is currently being completely renovated.

  • Thermal bath with an exotic tree in 2005

  • View of the Savinja valley

  • Rimske Toplice in winter

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