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100 unusual facts about Ljubljana


116th Fighter Aviation Regiment

After the war the regiment moved to Slovenia, being based at Ljubljana and Cerklje airfields.

117th Fighter Aviation Regiment

After the war, the regiment moved briefly to Slovenia, being based at Ljubljana, but it returned to Pleso near Zagreb.

184th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment

The Night Bomber Aviation Regiment was formed on May 1948, at Ljubljana airport.

2002–03 ABA Goodyear League

According to the original plan the Final Tournament was to be played in Tel Aviv, but due to the deteriorating security situation there at that time, the tournament got moved to Ljubljana.

Anton von Zach

Eugene directed Jacques MacDonald to capture Ljubljana (Laibach), which he did on 23 May after seizing a fort at Prawald on the 20th.

Arnold von Bruck

Some of the places at which he was granted positions or honors included Ljubljana Cathedral, Zagreb Cathedral, and Kočevje, in modern Slovenia.

Augustin Hirschvogel

Hirschvogel left in 1536 for Laibach (the German name for Ljubljana in present-day Slovenia), returning to Nuremberg in 1543.

BOOM Festival

The festival was held for the first time in 1972 in Ljubljana, and for the last time in 1978 in Novi Sad.

The first edition of the festival was held in during April 21 and 22, 1972, in Tivoli Hall in Ljubljana, SR Slovenia.

Boštjan Žitnik

Boštjan Žitnik (born March 31, 1971 in Ljubljana) is a Yugoslav-born, Slovenian slalom canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s.

CEE Stock Exchange Group

The CEE Stock Exchange Group (CEESEG) is a holding company comprising the stock exchanges of Vienna, Budapest, Ljubljana and Prague.

Cekin Mansion

Since 1951, the mansion has housed the Museum of Contemporary History.

Deej Fabyc

Fabyc was born in London and spent her early childhood in London, Ljubljana, Ireland and Islip near Oxford, before travelling to Australia by boat as she was about to start secondary school.

Dejan Verčič

Dejan Verčič, Phd (born December 21, 1963), is a founding partner in Pristop, a communication management consultancy based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Dragan Mustapić

His personal best throw was 64.40 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Ljubljana.

Draumir

After this, they started working with Chris Eckman (known from The Walkabouts, and long-time producer of Midnight Choir), which in late 2004 led to the band recording in Eckman’s Ljubljana, Slovenia studio, where he also was the producer.

Duchy of Carniola

Until 1860, these sub-regions coincided with the districts (Kreise) of Ljubljana, Novo Mesto and Postojna.

E. Allan Wendt

On August 25, 1992, Wendt became the chargé d'affaires ad interim at the newly established U.S. Embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Electric Masada: At the Mountains of Madness

At the Mountains of Madness is a 2005 double live album by American composer and saxophonist John Zorn's Electric Masada featuring performances recorded in Moscow and Ljubljana.

Elias Baeck

He worked for some time in Rome, then in Laybach, but finally returned to Augsburg, where he died in 1747.

Erwin Rösener

Between October 1944 and the end of the war he was head of anti-Partisan warfare in Ljubljana.

EuroBillTracker

After the 2008 meeting in Ljubljana the EBT users decided to organize also a winter pan-European meeting.

Flag of Wales

(Several cities include a dragon in their flag design, including Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia, and Puerto Madryn in Argentina.)

Francesco Robba

Other works include the Narcissus fountain (Ljubljana), the altar and the statues (1736) in St. James's Church (Ljubljana), an altar in the cathedral of Saint Nicholas (Ljubljana), the majority of the main altar in the Franciscan Church of the Annunciation (Ljubljana), a statue of St. John of Nepomuk in Klagenfurt (Austria) and an altar in the parish church in Vransko.

Giovanni Battista Cavedalis

As a railway engineer, he was in charge of the construction of the railway between Vienna and Ljubljana.

Gustav Globočnik Edler von Vojka

Brestanica is a small town located approximately 60 km from Zagreb, Croatia, and 100 km from Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Guy Schraenen

For many years Schraenen has been responsible for the collections and exhibitions of Artists’ publications in the Fundação de Serralves in Porto, the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid, the International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana (MGLC) and other institutions.

Halyna Ovcharenko

The other, Kupala's Night, was selected by the ISCM and was performed by the Ljubljana National Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Heidemarie Steiner

Their greatest success was winning the bronze medal at the 1970 World Championships in Ljubljana.

Humberto Castro

In 1983 15th International Biennial of Graphic Art, Museum of Modern Art (Moderna Galerija), Ljubljana, Slovenia.

IBM BladeCenter

Ljubljana Supercomputing Center employs the IBM BladeCenter

Idrialite

It was first described in 1832 for an occurrence in the Idrija region west of Ljubljana, northwestern, Slovenia.

International Association of Sports Law

The 12th IASL Conference on Legal Aspects of Professional Sports was held from 23 to 25 November 2006 in Ljubljana.

Ivo Lah

Ivo Lah (also known as Ivan Lah; Štrukljeva Vas near Cerknica, Austria-Hungary, now Slovenia, September 5, 1896 – March 23, 1979, Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia, now Slovenia) was a Slovenian mathematician and actuary, best known for his discovery of the Lah numbers in 1955.

Jakopič Pavilion

In 1962, the institution was renamed to Ljubljana City Art Museum and the construction of a new headquarters building started at 5 Town Square.

Jakša Račić

He was employed in Innsbruck as an assistant at the Institute for General and Experimental Pathology, undertook further training in Ljubljana and became Director of his own surgical sanatorium in Split in 1904, the Račić Sanatorium.

Janez Skok

Janez Skok (born June 18, 1963 in Ljubljana) is a Yugoslav-born, Slovenian slalom canoer who competed from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s.

Jason

Jason has connections outside of the classical world, as he is seen as being the mythical founder of the city of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia.

Joint Theater Level Simulation

Slovenian Ministry of Defense, Center for Operational Research and Simulations (CORSA); Ljubljana, Slovenia

Jože Vidmar

Jože Vidmar (born February 27, 1963 in Ljubljana) is a Yugoslav-born, Slovenian slalom canoer who competed from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s.

Laibach

Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, by historical German name

Lela B. Njatin

Mostly she creates mixed-media art installations, among them I didn’t want to know, but I have since come to know (Muzeum, Ljubljana 2005) and Absence, Hommage à Igor Zabel (Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, 2007).

Leteće zvezde

This team lasted for five years until a four–ship group using the indigenous G-2 Galeb basic jet trainer that performed for the first time at Ljubljana in July 1968, replaced it.

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

The title hints at an autobiographical aspect of the work; as a young, newly qualified conductor (and budding composer), Mahler was himself at this time in a stage somewhere between 'apprentice' and recognized 'master' and had been moving from town to town (Bad Hall, Laibach, Olmütz, Vienna, Kassel).

Ljubljana Student Organisation

The Student Organisation of the University of Ljubljana (ŠOU of Ljubljana) is a student organization based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Ludwig Kübler

He was hanged in Ljubljana on 18 August 1947, like his younger brother, Generalleutnant Joseph Kübler (1896–1947), who was also hanged in Belgrade on 26 February 1947.

Manfred Mohr

1973 Received awards at the World Print Competition-73, San Francisco, and the 10th Biennial in Ljubljana

Marcel Blaguet Ledjou

Ledjou's term on the World Scout Committee will expire at the 40th World Scout Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2014, but will be eligible for re-election for one additional term.

María Simón

She also participated in the Venice Biennale (1972), Biennale of Tapestry in Lausanne, Biennials of Engraving at Ljubljana and in Puerto Rico, the First International Sculpture Street Exhibition in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and the Basel Fair.

Marija Kessler

Her salon was the cultural center of the artist life in Ljubljana in the late 19th century, and was regarded as the most notable example of a salon in present-day Slovenia.

Matulji

The municipality is of great transportation importance because of the major railway and highway networks connecting Rijeka with Ljubljana and Trieste to the west, Zagreb and Split to the east and Pula to the south through the Učka tunnel.

Milivoj Lajovic

Born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in what was then the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, he emigrated to Australia after the establishment of the Titoist regime in Yugoslavia in 1945.

Miško Šuvaković

He was co-editor of magazine Katalog 143 (Belgrade, 1975–78), Mentalni prostor (Belgrade, 1982–1987), Transkatalog (Novi Sad, 1995–1998), Teorija koja hoda (Walking Theory, Belgrade, from 2001), Kultura (Beograd, from 2004), Razlika (Difference, Tuzla, 2002), Anomalija (Novi Sad, 2004), Sarajevske sveske (Sarajevo, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Beograd, Skoplje, 2006).

Moonlee Records

Moonlee Records is an independent record label established and run since 2004 by music enthusiasts from Ljubljana, Slovenia and Zagreb, Croatia, members of bands Analena and Lunar.

Munich–Rosenheim railway

Approximately 50 of these freight trains run on the line from Munich to Salzburg and continue towards Turkey, Greece, Ljubljana and Trieste.

Mutius von Tommasini

He first became interested in botany as a grammar school student in Ljubljana, now part of Slovenia.

Na izvoru svetlosti

The album was recorded from September 4 to September 7, 1975 in Akademik Studio in Ljubljana, with the exception of the blues track "Negde daleko", recorded on the band's performance in Belgrade's Hala sportova on January 2, 1974.

Nadina Abarth-Zerjav

She was buried four days later in her families gravesite, a protected monument in the Žale cemetery in Ljubljana

Nadina Abarth-Žerjav (née Žerjav) (March 5, 1912, Görz (Gorizia) – September 17, 2000, Ljubljana) was the daughter of the Slovene politician and lawyer minister Gregor Žerjav and his wife, Milena née Lavrenčič.

Neočekivana Sila Koja Se Iznenada Pojavljuje i Rešava Stvar

During the same year, with the Ljudmila Stratimirović Hat Theater, the band had a successful tour of Slovenia, and on Spring of the following year, the band performed in Zagreb and Ljubljana on the Druga Godba festival.

News Xchange

The first News Xchange conference took place in 2002 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Niš Constantine the Great Airport

Changes on the political scene in Yugoslavia and deteriorated relations among the republics in 1990, brought to the sharp decrease in travelling to the Adriatic Sea, Ljubljana and Zagreb, once the most attractive flights from Niš.

Opatija tram

The tracks were removed and some of the wagons were sold to Ljubljana.

Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral

The province of Ljubljana was given a Slovenian provincial administration.

Oto Pestner

Oto Pestner is one of the most prominent singers and composers of popular music from Slovenia, born in 1956 in Ljubljana.

Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin

In 1582 his unguarded language and reckless life made it necessary that he should leave Tübingen, and he accepted a mastership at Laibach in Carniola (nowadays Ljubljana in Slovenia), which he held for about two years.

Predrag Pajdic

In 2010 and 2011 Pajdic was The Artistic Director of The International Festival of Contemporary Arts, City of Women, which takes place every October in Ljubljana, Slovenia each year representing works of 60 influential female artists in fields of performance and visual art.

Prince Heinrich XV of Reuss-Plauen

During the withdrawal from Italy that month, Reuss led a division in the left wing under Archduke Charles, retreating to Ljubljana (Laibach).

PVK Jadran

After World War II in 1945, the national championship was held in Ljubljana and Jadran went, representing Montenegro, and won fourth place.

Quality Schools International

The organization's world headquarters office is located in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Quintuple Alliance

After Aix-la-Chapelle (now Aachen), the Alliance powers met three more times: in 1820 at the Congress of Troppau (Opava), in 1821 at the Congress of Laibach (Ljubljana); and in 1822 at the Congress of Verona.

Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina

RTVBiH (and consequently BHRT) grew out of RTV Sarajevo in 1992, one of eight principal broadcasting centers of former Yugoslavia, others being RTV Ljubljana, RTV Zagreb, RTV Beograd, RTV Novi Sad, RTV Titograd, RTV Pristina, and RTV Skopje.

Radmila Smiljanić

That same year she won the international singing competition in Reggio Emilia, Italy; followed by competition wins in Ljubljana (1966) and Zagreb (1967).

Rafał Jackiewicz

The most important challenge of the Pole’s career was a fight for the IBF welterweight title which took place on September 4, 2010 Jackiewicz went to Ljubljana, Slovenia to face the champion, Dejan Zavec.

Railjet

Operations on the routes Vienna to Graz, Ljubljana and/or Zagreb, and from Vienna to Villach and Venice and for an increased service between Vienna and Bregenz/Zurich via Salzburg and Innsbruck were also planned from the end of 2010 onwards.

Real Pests

Real Pests is a light-hearted comedy about a widower Štebe (Bert Sotlar), who works as a bus driver and lives with his five adolescent sons and an elderly maid Rozi (Majda Potokar) in Ljubljana.

Rihard Jakopič

In Ljubljana, Jakopič established the Slovene School of Impressionist Drawing and Painting, the predecessor of the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Ljubljana.

Semyon Furman

As Karpov built further successes, and was earning favour in the Soviet sports bureaucracy, he was able to arrange for Furman to compete with him sometimes in the same international tournaments, such as Madrid 1973, Ljubljana/Portorož 1975, and Bad Lauterberg 1977, all of which Karpov won.

Sežana Bus Station

Buses from this station take passengers around the Karst, to the bigger cities in Slovenia (Ljubljana, Koper, Nova Gorica) and to Italy (Opicina, Trieste).

Slovene Lands in World War II

A barbed wire fence - which is now Path of Remembrance and Comradeship - was put around Ljubljana in order to prevent communication between the city's underground activists in Ljubljana and the majority of partisans in the surrounding countryside.

However, after resistance started in Province of Ljubljana, Italian violence against the Slovene civil population easily matched that of the Germans.

Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

The semi-final of EMA 2002 was held on 15 February 2002 at the RTVSLO TV Studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Nuša Derenda, Darja Švajger and Andrea F. 18 songs competed for ten places in the final.

The final of EMA 2002 was held on 16 February 2002 at the RTVSLO TV Studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Miša Molk and Andrea F. The ten semi-final qualifiers competed again, with the final winner being decided through televoting, an expert jury and an RTVSLO jury, all with equal weighing.

Southern Italy autonomist movements

The king, who had no intention of respecting the constitution, went to Laibach to confer with the sovereigns of the Holy Alliance assembled there, leaving his son as regent.

SPICA Group

"Spica Group" is a privately held group of companies with headquarters in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Stefan Kanchev

After leaving the National Academy of Arts shortly before graduation, Kanchev took part in exhibitions and biennales in Bulgaria and abroad over the next 22 years, including Belgrade, Budapest, Berlin, Moscow, Warsaw, Brno, Ljubljana and New York City.

Steve Jehu

In 2004, Jehu survived a 33-foot fall from a hotel window in Ljubljana, Slovenia by completing a mid-air loop and gymnasts' landing to escape with only a broken ankle.

TEJO

1965: First in a serial of seminars was organized in Ljubljana, ex-Yugoslavia, with the goal to discuss the language problem and exchange experience with different YNOs.

The Stroj

In April 2009 the new line up, lead by the founder of the group Primož Oberžan, premiered their latest project Cymaticon at Kinodvor movie theater in Ljubljana.

The Water Man

The poem was based on a story from The Glory of Carniola, about a dance at Old Square in Ljubljana in July 1574, when Urška Šefer was enchanted by a vodyanoy and tugged to the Ljubljanica.

Trade Air

Until June 2010 Trade Air operated scheduled flights between Zagreb, Ljubljana and Sarajevo with two Let L-410 Turbolet aircraft.

Valley View Winery

Through the years, Valley View has won numerous national and international awards including a Double Gold medal for the 1990 Chardonnay in the World Wine Championships in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Vidmar Memorial

The first Vidmar Memorial was held in 2–20 June 1969 in Ljubljana.

Western Slovenia

The region forms the western part of the country and includes the cities of Ljubljana, Koper, Kranj and Nova Gorica.

Wheel and axle

The oldest known example of a wooden wheel and its axle was found in 2002 at the Ljubljana Marshes some 20 km south of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia.

Wurzen Pass

The pass connects the Austrian B109 Wurzenpass Straße from Villach with the Slovenian highway No. 201 to the A2 motorway and Ljubljana.

Yegor Tolstoy

Tolstoy was aide-de-camp to general Alexander von Neidgart, and was stationed in Laibach (Ljubljana) during the Congress, where he was appointed head of the Russian headquarters of the detachment against Piedmont.

Yousif Ghafari

On May 25, 2008, Ghafari presented his diplomatic credentials to Dimitrij Rupel in Ljubljana.

Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League

Post-WW2 Yugoslavia was (with the exception of major cities such as Belgrade, Ljubljana, Zagreb, and Sarajevo) for the most part lacking in competitive opportunities in sports.

Žurnal24

Žurnal24 is a free, widely circulated daily newspaper published in Ljubljana, Slovenia.


1980 Thayer Tutt Trophy

It was held from March 8–16, 1980 in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.

ACH Volley

Before the club was moved to Ljubljana, they played at the Bled Hall in Bled.

Andrej Trobentar

He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana in 1976 and specialized in painting under Jože Ciuha.

Congress Square

Among them, there is the early Baroque Ursuline Church of the Holy Trinity, the Kazina building, one of the few Neoclassical buildings remaining in Ljubljana after the earthquake of 1895, the Slovenian Philharmonic building, and the rectorate of the University of Ljubljana, formerly the seat of the Provincial Diet of the Duchy of Carniola.

Darijan Božič

Shortly thereafter, he became assistant conductor of the Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet Company in Ljubljana and from 1970 to 1974, was artistic director of Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra.

Franz Xaver von Wulfen

Following his graduation, he became a school instructor (chiefly of mathematics and physics) in Vienna, Graz, Neusohl, Gorz, Laibach (Ljubljana), and from 1764 Klagenfurt.

Josip Vidmar

Their sister Meta Vidmar studied with the famous Mary Wigman in Dresden and upon returning to Ljubljana in 1930 established the first school of modern dance in Slovenia.

Klemen Žumer

"Volitve poslancev iz Slovenije v Evropski parlament 2009", Wikipedia, Ljubljana, 1 May 2009.

Matej Andraž Vogrinčič

1994 Paints garments and makes fashion accessories for Hej Salvador, a music-fashion performance (directed by Matjaž Pograjc, produced by Glej theatre), Ljubljana, Slovenia

Miro Gavran

There have been first nights of his plays throughout the world, in: Rotterdam, Washington, D.C., Moscow, Rio de Janeiro, Paris, Buenos Aires, Waterford, Mumbai, Bratislava, Prague, Ljubljana, Sarajevo, Krakow, Belgrade, Budapest, Athens, Augsburg, Vienna and Sofia.

NIET

Niet, a punk rock and hardcore punk band from Ljubljana, Slovenia

Podravina

Between 1929 and 1941 a province of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia known as the Drava Banovina (Drava province) existed in the area with its capital in Ljubljana.

Slovenian Territorial Defence

Acceptance of the new insignia, in May 1991, however, was open the first learning center for the training of the military burden on the stamp Ig in Ljubljana and Pekre in Maribor.

Sonja Merljak Zdovc

In 2004, she successfully defended her PhD thesis on Tom Wolfe's New Journalism in Slovenia and USA at the University of Ljubljana.

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.

Tone Pavček

He attended the first grade of elementary school in Mirna Peč, but was soon sent to a boarding school in Ljubljana.

Toussaint Hočevar

After the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, he moved back to Slovenia and continued his studies in the prestigious Bežigrad Grammar School in Ljubljana, graduating in 1945.

Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

The winner was decided by the votes of eight regional juries (Sarajevo, Zagreb, Skopje, Titograd, Belgrade, Ljubljana, Pristina and Novi Sad).