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unusual facts about Water Tower, Maribor



Alma Mater Europaea – Evropski center, Maribor

It is based in Maribor, Slovenia, but has study centers in other Slovenian towns, including Ljubljana, Murska Sobota, and Ptuj.

Arghus

Arghus Soares Bordignon (born 19 January 1988 in Alegrete) is a Brazilian football defender, who currently plays for Maribor in the Slovenian PrvaLiga.

Atomsko sklonište

The band gained the publics attention with the statements that they perform punk, unusual clothing style and photographies made by the photographer Tone Stojko from Maribor.

Drava

The Drava flows through Innichen/San Candido in Italy, Lienz, Spittal an der Drau, Villach, and Ferlach in Austria, Dravograd, Vuzenica, Muta, Ruše, Maribor, Ptuj, and Ormož in Slovenia, Varaždin and Osijek in Croatia, and Barcs in Hungary, being navigable for about 90 km from Čađavica in Croatia to its outfall.

Edin Hadžialagić

On the club level, he played for Sarajevo, Čelik Zenica, Željezničar Sarajevo, Maribor and Olimpija Ljubljana.

Etien Velikonja

During the 2010 summer transfer window it was speculated for the first time that Velikonja could join 1.SNL Maribor, however, the deal was eventually not carried out and Velikonja stayed in Gorica for the start of the 2010–11 season.

Franc Kangler

Due to corruption allegations, pre-trial processes and criminal charges made against him, the citizens of Maribor, Slovenia demanded his resignation in two separated November's and one December's protest under the slogan Gotof je! (literally meaning He is done! in Styrian dialect).

Frank Linke-Crawford

Although Frank Linke-Crawford was originally buried at Pobrežje Cemetery in Maribor, now Slovenia, after the war, in 1919, he was reinterred in Salzburg.

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.

HDK Maribor

Hokejsko Drsalni Klub Maribor, commonly referred to as HDK Maribor or simply Maribor, is an ice hockey club from Maribor, Slovenia.

John Deere Green

One night, he hauls a can of "John Deere green" paint to the top of a water tower and paints the words "Billy Bob loves Charlene," as well as an outline of a heart, on the tower.

Josef Kainz

In 1867 the family returned to Vienna, where Josef started his performance career at the age of 15, followed by engagements at theatres in Maribor (Marburg an der Drau), Leipzig and Meiningen.

Judgement Tower

It is one of several surviving elements of the former city walls; others include the Water Tower and the Jewish Tower, while the Benetke Tower was demolished in the late 1960s to make way for a hydroelectric reservoir.

Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Established in 1909, by the Society of Jesus, the Roman Catholic order of the Jesuits, the School of Law is located in downtown Chicago, within walking distance of the Water Tower (only surviving downtown building of the 1871 Great Chicago Fire), the John Hancock Center (one of the tallest buildings in the United States), Holy Name Cathedral and the Magnificent Mile of North Michigan Avenue.

Marcos Tavares

At time he spent on Cyprus, he met Nilton Fernandes, who introduced him to Zlatko Zahovič, the director of football at the Slovenian football team Maribor.

Marko Simeunovič

He is the son of former NK Maribor player and coach, Vojislav Simeunović.

Martin Milec

A native of Rače, Slovenia, he is a lifelong fan of NK Maribor, a club he currently plays for, and regularly attended Maribor's matches as a child.

Milngavie water treatment works

The Milngavie reservoirs distribute water to secondary reservoirs, such as Cockmuir Reservoir in Springburn Park, and various Water towers throughout the city.

Nastja Čeh

In the 1996–97 season he moved from Drava to Maribor, later spending one season at NK Olimpija before returning to Maribor and then moving on to Club Brugge.

Odjila

Odjila was the first popular music band which had a concert in Kolarac hall in Belgrade, and the first band which played in Maribor theatre, ever since it was founded in the late 19th century.

OK Nova KBM Branik

The team plays their home matches at the Sports Hall Ljudski vrt in Maribor.

Pohorje

The highland is roughly bounded by the triangle formed by the towns of Maribor (to the east), Dravograd (to the west) and Slovenske Konjice (to the south).

Railjet

The intermediate passenger wagon bodyshells of the first units were manufactured by Siemens in Maribor, Slovenia.

S.V. Zulte Waregem

After that they lost to Rubin (4-0) and Maribor (1-3), but later managed to defeat Maribor at Ljudski vrt (0-1) and Wigan at DW Stadium (1-2).

Slavko Šlander

Due to being executed by shooting in Maribor as a hostage during World War II he was proclaimed the National Hero of Yugoslavia on October 25, 1943.

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.

Svetopolk Pivko

Svetopolk Pivko (Serbian Cyrillic: Светополк Пивко) (Maribor, Austria-Hungary, September 29, 1910 - Belgrade, Yugoslavia, October 13, 1987) was an engineer and professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the Faculty of Mathematics in Belgrade, was a colonel of the Yugoslav Air Force deputy commander of JRV, the founder and the first director of the Aeronautical Technical Institute in Žarkovo.

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.

Tabor Hall

Tabor Hall (Dvorana Tabor) is a large multi-purpose sports venue in the Tabor region of Maribor in Slovenia.

Turkey Flat

At over a 160 years of age, it is still far behind what is believed to be the world's oldest single grapevine, a Žametovka vine growing in Maribor in Slovenia that was planted over 400 years ago.


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