Plavž (Jesenice)

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Plavž, is a settlement that is part of Jesenice in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. The settlement developed in the late 16th century when the ironworks from the Planina pod Golico area were moved here by the Bucelleni family.[1]. They built new blast furnaces in 1584, a mansion house, a church dedicated in 1617 to St Barbara[2]. The name Plavž means blast furnace in Slovene. In 1774 the blast furnaces in the area were abandoned and the mansion house pulled down. The area reverted to agrucultural land until 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 1970's with high rise blocks of flats. Plavž is the location of the Jesenice General Hospital[3], the town's largest primary school (Jesenice Tone Čufar Primary School)[4] an a commercial industrial area.

[edit] References

  1. ^ University of Ljubljana: Historical Development of Jesenice Dissertation (in Slovene)
  2. ^ Paper on the church at Old Sava on Jesenice municipality site (in Slovene)
  3. ^ Jesenice General Hospital site
  4. ^ Tone Čufar Primary School, Jesenice

[edit] External links

Jesenice museum site (in Slovene)
Jesenice municipality site (in Slovene)

Coordinates: 46°26′N, 14°03′E