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15 unusual facts about Celje


Brezova

Brezova, Celje, a village in the Municipality of Celje, eastern Slovenia

Celje Castle

Celje Castle (also known as Celje Upper Castle or Old Castle) (Slovene Celjski grad, Celjski zgornji grad or Stari grad) is a castle ruin in Celje, Slovenia, formerly the seat of the Counts of Celje.

In 1333, the castle came into the possession of the Lords of Sanneck, who from 1341 onward were the Counts of Celje.

FC Dacia Chișinău

Dacia entered the 2012-13 UEFA Europa League in the first qualifying round, where they beat Slovenians Celje 1-0 in each leg.

Green Dragons

The same autumn one of the largest incidents in Slovenian cheerleading history took place on the way to Maribor, at the train station in Štore, near Celje, considered mostly the fault of the Slovenian Police and weird coincidence.

HK Celje

The team play their home matches at the Golovec Ice Hall, a 500 capacity ice hall in Celje.

Hladno pivo

After the December 12, 1998 concert in Celje, Slovenia, Hadžo left the band, and was replaced by Šokec (bass guitar).

Krisztián Pars

His personal best throw is 82.45 metres, achieved in September 2006 in Celje.

Mauro Esposito

On 9 October 2004, Esposito made his debut for the Italian national team, in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Slovenia, starting in a 0–1 loss in Celje.

Nada Klaić

She described the role of specific nobles in the books The Last Dukes of Celje in the Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen (1982) and Medvedgrad and its Masters (1987).

Roman Catholicism in Slovenia

Additionally, the pope created three new sees, namely Novo Mesto, Celje and Murska Sobota.

Rupe

Rupe, Celje, a village in the Municipality of Celje, eastern Slovenia

SŽ series 310

InterCitySlovenija links the major cities of Slovenia in one line: Koper (only in summer), Ljubljana, Zidani Most, Celje and Maribor, with frequent service that acts as a high-speed shuttle.

Taplow Choirs

In April 2007 they took part in an International Choral Competition in Celje, Slovenia and returned to the UK with Gold and Silver Medals and the Adjudicator's Special Prize for the best performance in the festival of a compulsory set piece.

Teharje camp

Towards the end of the war the Germans used the camp to hold prisoners that had participated in the defense of Celje, and the camp was abandoned for a short time after the war.


Bogumil Vošnjak

He attended the elementary school in Celje and later in Graz, where he moved with his father.

Peter van Mensch

Peter van Mensch has been guest lecturer at many international museology programmes, such as the museology programme of the University of São Paulo (Brazil), the International Summer School of Museology at Brno (Czech Republic), the Baltic Museology School (Latvia) and the International School of Museology at Celje (Slovenia).

Rajko Rep

Rep started his career at Mons Claudius from Rogatec and was then transferred to Celje youth sides, where he signed his first professional contract.

RK Celje

The success of regaining a place amongst the elite obviously had a positive impact, because the Celje team managed to come to three Yugoslavian Cup finals, although all three of them were lost to Partizan in 1976, Medveščak in 1978 and Metaloplastika in 1980.

Sveta Marjeta

Šmarjeta pri Celju, a settlement in the Municipality of Celje, known as Sveta Marjeta until 1964