Semič

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Semič
Semič coat of arms Map of Slovenia, position of Semič highlighted
Basic data
Country SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
Historic region Bela krajina
Statistical region Jugovzhodna Slovenija (Southeast Slovenia)
Coordinates 45 ° 39 '  N , 15 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 39 '16 "  N , 15 ° 10' 42"  E
surface 146.7  km²
Residents 3,901 (2008)
Population density 27 inhabitants per km²
Post Code 8333
License Plate NM
Structure and administration
Mayor : Polona Kambič
Website

Semič (German: Semitsch ) is a municipality in the historical Bela krajina ( White Carniola ) in Slovenia .

3,901 people live in the total community, which consists of 46 villages and hamlets. The main town has 1,228 inhabitants alone. The municipality is located in the Gorjanci hill country . A small area in the northwest of the municipality around Črmošnjice (Tschermoschnitz), the southern part of the Črmošnjiško-poljanska dolina ( Moschnitze ) valley , forms part of the historical Gottschee region . A few residents still speak the almost extinct Gottscheer language here . Until the end of the Habsburg Empire , Semič belonged to the Kronland Carniola , with Semič forming an independent municipality in what was then the judicial district of Möttling / Metlika (political district Tschernembl / Črnomelj). The most prominent feature of the municipality is the cultivation of vines on the slopes of the Smuk Mountain.

Semič

history

The village got its name from the Semeniči family in the Middle Ages . The village was first mentioned in a document at the beginning of the 13th century, when the area was ruled by Henrik Adeški . The church of Sv. Štefan (Saint Stefan) was first mentioned in 1228.

The community holiday is on October 28th. committed. On this day the first White Carniolan partisan unit is commemorated, which was founded in 1941 on the Smuk mountain above Semič.

Attractions

Smuk

From Mount Smuk you have a good view over part of the Bela Krajina. It is also a popular starting point for hang-gliders and paragliders. The hunting club has a hut there.

Replica of Aljažev stolp (Triglav)

Cultural Festival "Semiška ohcet" (Semic Wedding)

The Semiška ohcet (Semič wedding) festival is widely known in Slovenia . On the third weekend in July, a traditional wedding in traditional Weißkrainer costume is celebrated. Several couples apply for this every year. The wedding costs are covered by the municipality.

city ​​Museum

In the place there is a city museum (Slov. Krajevna muzejska zbirka Semič ) with various collections. After almost two years of renovation work, the museum reopened at the end of October 2019. The 180-year-old building of the museum, which is located in the city center, used to house a school, the post office and a health station. The first museum collection was established there in 1973. There are three permanent exhibitions: 20 pictures depict life in the place and the surrounding area through time, a collection on viticulture, and the new nature center of Bela Krajina, which shows the diversity of flora and fauna. The renovation cost 1.5 million euros and was funded with 435,000 euros from the EU Misterion fund, which supports cross-border cooperation between Slovenia and Croatia.

Krupa spring

On the road to Gradac (Slovenia) , the road branches off to the left to the town of Krupa (Bela krajina) , in the immediate vicinity of which the picturesque karst spring of the Krupa rises.

Malikovec karst cave

In pre-Christian times, idols were worshiped in the nearby Semič cave. People found refuge in it during the Ottoman invasion. In the 1990s the cave was cleaned of debris and safety fences and steps were installed. The cave has six main parts with stalactites, some of which have been stolen over time.

Economic situation in Semič

The municipality of Semič is economically the best of all three Weißkrainer municipalities after the largest industrial enterprise Iskra sistemi dd PE Kondenzatorji is again successful. This can be seen in the construction and renovation work on the infrastructure (roads, water pipes, city museum, industrial area) and the newly built cultural center with the most modern and largest lecture hall in Bela Krajina.

At the beginning of the millennium, the Iskra production site was sold to the Berlin holding company AEG Capacitors and Wandler GmbH . As a result, there were allegations of deliberate deception and mismanagement, or that the company in Semič should be deliberately driven into bankruptcy. The company was eventually taken over by Hypo-Alpe Adria Bank and has been back in Slovenian ownership since then.

The year 2012 was marked by the discussion about the planned establishment of a company that wanted to produce fuel, iron and soot by means of pyrolysis . The company in Semič should be called BHRI / Description GLO Technologie (GLO). The parent company was Robert Hroval's BHRI, which according to newspaper reports was only supposed to serve as a front man. At the GLO, around 30 jobs should initially be created, later the number should grow to around 80 to 100. The investment should be worth € 11 million. It was planned to process around 10,000 t of old tires annually in shifts. Although the local council of the settlement first approved the project after an environmental report had been drawn up and under pressure from Mayor Polona Kambič, it was finally brought down by a citizens' initiative. This rejected the project due to the consequences of the PCB scandal and the problem with the biogas plant in Črnomelj. She was able to collect 588 protest signatures within a short time. The settlement of this company in Metlika had previously been rejected.

In recent years, an industrial area has been built across from Iskra, which houses various companies. Among other things, plastics processing companies.

By September 2014 an approx. 1300 m long street in the center (from the junction towards the cultural center to the junction to Spodnje Gorenjce) will be renewed. The construction costs of approx. 1.35 million are financed to 85% from EU funds.

In October 2014, the expansion of the sewage treatment plant including the associated sewerage network was opened as part of the community holiday. The sewer network consists of 6 km of pipes. The sewage treatment plant now has a capacity of 2500 units (previously 1150). This 1.664 million euro project (net costs without VAT) was 65% financed by EU funds, 25% was borne by the Republic of Slovenia and the rest by the municipality. Construction work began in November 2010.

PCB environmental scandal

In 1984 it was discovered that the Krupa , which flows into the Lahinja near Klošter ( Metlika municipality ) , was contaminated with PCBs by improperly stored waste from the company Iskra Kondenzatorji from Semič . The pollution was discovered purely by chance by scientists from the health department in Maribor and later also in Ljubljana, when the source of the Krupa was examined for its use to produce drinking water for the Bela krajina. The fact that this is a karst landscape is particularly problematic . Even today, PCB contamination is high and can be detected in soil samples, fish, in water, in pets, etc.

Districts of the entire municipality

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ location
  2. ↑ Pokrajinski muzej Kočevje: Vsi niso odšli / Not everyone left ( memento of the original from April 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pmk-kocevje.si
  3. ↑ Semič Wedding  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.turisticna-kmetija-cerjanec.si  
  4. ↑ see website of the museum in Semič , accessed April 1, 2019
  5. ↑ M. Bezek Jakše, Belokranjska biotska raznovrstnost (Eng: The Biotic Diversity of Bela Krajina), Dolenjski list, October 30, 209, p. 10
  6. ↑ M. Bezek-Jakše, "Bo podzemni Malikovec zaživel" (German: Will the underground Malikovec come to life?), Dolenjski list, March 4, 2010, p. 9
  7. ↑ M. Bezek-Jakše, "Semiški svetniki pred gradnjo nove tovarne previdni" (German: Municipal councils of Semič are careful before building the new factory), online edition of Dolenjski list , June 15, 2012
  8. ↑ M. Bezek-Jakše, "Semiški svetniki dvignili roke za novo tovarno" (German: Semič municipal councils approve the new factory), online edition of Dolenjski list, June 22, 2012
  9. ↑ January Konecnik: Večmilijonska investicija Semiču polzi iz rok ( Slovenian ) dnevnik.si. July 7, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  10. ↑ M. Bezek-Jakše, "Slišati želijo neodvisno mnenje" (German: "You want to hear an independent opinion"), Dolenjski list, June 21, 2012, p. 8
  11. ↑ MBJ, "Semič bo do septembra v gradnji" (German: Semič will remain under construction until September), Dolenjski list, February 6, 2014, p. 8
  12. ↑ MBJ, "Odplake v čistilno napravo" (German: wastewater in the sewage treatment plant), weekly newspaper Dolenjski list, Novo mesto, October 30, 2014, p. 8
  13. ↑ S. Polič, H. Leskovšek, M. Horvat: PCB Pollution of the Karstic Environment (Krupa River, Slovenia) (PDF; 114 kB), Acta Carsologica 29/1, 10, Ljubljana 2000, pp. 141–152.
  14. ↑ Borut Mehle, "Razpad Zelenih jemljem kot osebni poraz" (German: The disintegration of the Greens [party] is a personal defeat for me), in the Slovenian daily Dnevnik, June 13, 2009: [1]
  15. ↑ Damir Kundić: Somovi iz Kupe godinama zatrovani smrtonosnim spojem (German: Catfish from the Kolpa are poisoned with lethal substances for years) , online edition of the Croatian newspaper Novi list, Rijeka, November 11, 2012, accessed on February 19, 2013.
  16. ↑ European Commission, "Dioxins & PCBs: Environmental Levels and Human Exposure in Candidate Countries", Brussels, 1994: Final report of the European Commission from 1994 (PDF; 4.1 MB)