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Plavž
PlavžLocation in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°26′34″N 14°02′07″E / 46.44278°N 14.03528°E / 46.44278; 14.03528
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Upper Carniola
Municipality	Jesenice

Plavž (pronounced [ˈplaːu̯ʃ]) is part of the town of Jesenice in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Formerly, it was an autonomous settlement. The name Plavž means 'blast furnace' in Slovene.

History

The settlement developed in the late 16th century, when the ironworks then located in the Planina pod Golico area were moved here by the Bucelleni family. The Bucellenis built new blast furnaces in 1584, a mansion house, and (in 1617) a church dedicated to St. Barbara.

In 1774 the blast furnaces in the area were abandoned and the mansion house pulled down. The area reverted to agricultural land until the 1950s, when it was developed as the main residential area of Jesenice during the industrial expansion of the Jesenice ironworks after the Second World War, particularly in the 1970s, when rows of high-rise blocks of flats were built.

The northern section of Plavž is also the location of Jesenice General Hospital, the town's largest primary school (Jesenice Tone Čufar Primary School) and a commercial industrial area adjacent to the railroad tracks.

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. University of Ljubljana: Historical Development of Jesenice Dissertation (in Slovene)
3. Paper on the church at Old Sava on Jesenice municipal site (in Slovene)
4. Pirc, Franci (December 11, 1975). "Kdaj bomo dočakali ureditev okolice" (PDF). Železar. No. 49. p. 10. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
5. Potokar, Robert (1995). "Poskus urbanističnega: in arhitekturnega orisa Jesenic" (PDF). Jeseniški zbornik. 7: 304. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
6. Jesenice General Hospital site
7. Tone Čufar Primary School, Jesenice

External links

• Plavž on Geopedia
• Jesenice museum site (in Slovene)
• Jesenice municipal site (in Slovene)

v t e Municipality of Jesenice
Settlements	Administrative seat: Jesenice Current Blejska Dobrava Hrušica Javorniški Rovt Kočna Koroška Bela Lipce Planina pod Golico Plavški Rovt Podkočna Potoki Prihodi Slovenski Javornik Former Javornik Murova Plavž Podmežakla Stara Sava
Landmarks	Golica Javornik Falls Jesenice Train Station Karawanks Tunnel (motorway) Karawanks Tunnel (railway) Kos Manor Mežakla Plateau Plavž Memorial Park Podmežakla Hall Pristava House Ruard Manor Upper Sava Museum Vintgar Gorge Workers' Barracks Zois Park
Places of worship	Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Roch's Church Holy Cross Church Jesenice Mosque St. Leonard's Church Sts. Ingenuin and Albuin Church St. Stephen's Church
Notable people	Miha Baloh Helena Blagne Tone Čufar Anton Dežman Tomaž Ertl Jože Gregorčič Miran Hladnik Anže Kopitar Thomas Luckmann Miha Mazzini Vencelj Perko Jaka Torkar Matija Verdnik Andrej Žvan

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