Misplaced Pages

Ljubečna
LjubečnaLocation in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°15′18.23″N 15°19′23.15″E / 46.2550639°N 15.3230972°E / 46.2550639; 15.3230972
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Savinja
Municipality	Celje
Area
• Total	2.29 km (0.88 sq mi)
Elevation	260.2 m (853.7 ft)
Population
• Total	1,141
• Density	500/km (1,300/sq mi)

Ljubečna (pronounced [ljuˈbeːtʃna]) is a settlement in the City Municipality of Celje in eastern Slovenia. It is an urbanized settlement on the northeastern outskirts of Celje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region.

Every year there is an event called the Golden Accordion (Slovene: Zlata harmonika). There is also a church dedicated to St. Joseph the Worker, built in the early 1970s. The Ljubečna soil is clayey, and Ljubečna is known for brickmaking.

Twin towns and sister cities

Ljubečna is twinned with:

• Thörl, Austria

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Celje municipal site
3. (in Slovene) http://www.dnevnik.si/tiskane_izdaje/dnevnik/139559

External links

• Ljubečna on Geopedia
• Zlata harmonika

v t e Urban Municipality of Celje
Administrative seat	Celje
Districts	Center Dečkovo Naselje Dolgo Polje Gaberje Hudinja Karel Destovnik Kajuh Lava Nova Vas Savinja Slavko Šlander
Landmarks	Celje Airport Celje Castle Grmada Celje Hall Iron Mansion Jošt Mill Kalvarija Celje Lodge Lower Celje Castle Marian Column Minorite Monastery National Hall Old County People's Savings Bank Celje Post Office Prothasi Mansion Slovene National Theatre Stari Pisker Prison Celje Railway Station Celje Town Hall Celje town walls War and Peace (monument) Celje Water Tower
Local communities	Aljažev Hrib Ljubečna Medlog Ostrožno Pod Gradom Škofja Vas Šmartno v Rožni Dolini Teharje Trnovlje
Settlements outside the urban center	Brezova Bukovžlak Dobrova Glinsko Gorica pri Šmartnem Jezerce pri Šmartnem Košnica pri Celju Lahovna Leskovec Lipovec pri Škofji Vasi Ljubečna Lοče Lokrovec Lopata Medlog Osenca Otemna Pečovnik Pepelno Prekorje Rožni Vrh Runtole Rupe Šentjungert Škofja Vas Slance Slatina v Rožni Dolini Šmarjeta pri Celju Šmartno v Rožni Dolini Šmiklavž pri Škofji Vasi Teharje Tremerje Trnovlje pri Celju Vrhe Začret Zadobrova Žepina Zvodno
Former settlements	Babno Breg Čret Lava Lisce Ložnica pri Celju Miklavžev Hrib Nova Vas Ostrožno Polule Spodnja Dobrova Spodnja Hudinja Spodnji Medlog Zagrad Zavode Zavodna Zgornja Hudinja Zgornji Medlog
Culture	Counts of Celje First Grammar School Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje
Notable people	Emerik Bernard Jolanda Čeplak Anica Černej Romana Jordan Cizelj Janez Drnovšek Janez Drozg Ivan Kovačič Efenka Thea Gammelin Cvetko Golar Damjana Golavšek Andrej Hieng Stane Jagodič Jelko Kacin Alma Karlin Brane Mihajlovič Kosta Janez K. Lapajne Janez Lapajne Vladimir Levstik Darinka Pavletič–Lorenčak Stanko Lorger Matija Lubanus Vita Mavrič Drago Medved Miloš Mikeln Peter Muhič Vatroslav Oblak Janko Orožen Oto Pestner Rok Praznik Tomaž Prelokar Brikcij Preprost Franc Purg Andreja Rihter Fran Roš Lojze Rozman August Friderik Seebacher Josip Tominšek Beno Udrih Bina Štampe Žmavc Urška Žolnir

• Populated places in the City Municipality of Celje