Vransko

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Vransko
Vransko coat of arms Map of Slovenia, position of Vransko highlighted
Basic data
Country SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
Historic region Lower Styria / Štajerska
Statistical region Savinjska (Sann area)
Coordinates 46 ° 15 '  N , 14 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 14 '38 "  N , 14 ° 57' 5"  E
surface 53.3  km²
Residents 2,593 (2008)
Population density 49 inhabitants per km²
Post Code 3305
License Plate CE
Structure and administration
Website

Vransko (German: Franz) is a place and a municipality in the Spodnja Štajerska region (Lower Styria) in Slovenia .

Around 2,593 people live in the total community, which consists of 16 localities. The main town Vransko has 720 inhabitants and is 340 m above sea level. The municipality is located halfway between Maribor and Ljubljana . The karst cave Skadavnica is worth seeing . Also noteworthy are the old churches in the parish, St. Michael (1123), St. Mohor in Stopnik (1317) and St. Hieronimo (1545).

Vransko has a fire brigade museum with 19th century technology and a motorcycle museum with a collection of over 150 models from the beginnings to the 1960s, including Puch machines and the Slovenian Pohorc model .

Localities of the municipality

  • The district of Stopnik

  • Purgstall Castle 1820, lith JF Kaiser, Graz

Web links

Individual proof

  1. ↑ Motorcycle Museum Vransko  ( 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. Accessed August 1, 2009@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.adac.de