Šoštanj
Sign in to saveŠoštanj (; ) is a town in northern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Šoštanj. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.
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Place details
- Locality
- Šoštanj
- Region
- Municipality of Šoštanj
- Country
- Slovenija
- Population
- 2,880
- Timezone
- Europe/Ljubljana
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Key facts
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- Šoštanj
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- Town
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- From top, left to right: Mravljak Brothers Square, St. Hermagoras and Fortunatus Church, Vošnjak Factory, Kajuh Hall, Mayer Villa, Šoštanj Castle
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- Slovenia
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- bottom
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- Location in Slovenia
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- Country
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- 25px Slovenia
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- Traditional region
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- Styria
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- Statistical region
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- Savinja
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Slovenia
- Located in
- Municipality of Šoštanj
- Population
- +2918
- Area
- +3.7
- Elevation
- +361
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Municipality of Šoštanj
- Image
- Postcard of Šoštanj.jpg
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Mass graves
- Power plant
- Description
- Protests and disagreements regarding the project
- Operation and legal proceedings
- Church
- Notable residents
- References
- External links
Šoštanj (; ) is a town in northern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Šoštanj. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.
==History== Šoštanj was first mentioned in written documents dating to around 1200 as Schönstein in relation to its castle. As a market town it was first mentioned in 1348. It was given town status in 1919 and until the 1960s was the center of the Šalek Valley (). In 1963 nearby Velenje became the administrative center. Šoštanj again became a municipal center in the late 1990s. The town has a long leather-working history, with industrial-scale activity going back to 1788. The factory was owned by the Woschnagg family, a Germanized branch of the Vošnjak family, until it was nationalized in 1945. The processing factory was closed down in 1999. A leather industry museum is now open in the town.