The MUNICIPALITY of SMARJESKE TOPLICE

GEOGRAPHY• Southeast Slovenia• Near Novo mesto

(12 km)• 24 villages • Surface: 34,2 km²• Population: about

3000 people• There are a lot of

vineyards, woods and fields

• Altitude: 169 m

HISTORY

• Already settled in prehistory • Most graves were found under Vinji

Vrh and Bela Cerkev• Its primary name was “Jezerske

Toplice” (Lake Spa) – because of swampy land

• Smarješke Toplice became municipality in 2006, its first mayor was and still is mag. Bernardka Krnc

ECONOMY

• Factories: Plastoform d.o.o. (plastic products)

• 2 Honey Botiques• Apple orchards• A lot of restaurants, pizzerias and

cafes • A few big farms with vineyards and

big fields, meadows and pastures

Plastoform d.o.o.

TOURISM

• Pools, Spa and Hotel Smarjeske Toplice• Tourists farms• A natural pool and waterfalls in Klevevz • Remaines of the castle Strlek and the

castle Klevevz• “Karlovskova hiša” (Karlovsek’s house)• Natural park Zdravci• A spring Prinovec• Archaeological findings

Pools, Spa and Hotel in Smarjeske Toplice

Natural pool in Klevevz

Karlovsek’s house

CULTURE

• 2 Cultural homes• Several choirs• Society of pensioners, Society of

winegrowers, Firefighting Society, Society of countryside women, Touristic Society

ATTRACTIONS

• Touristic train takes people round Smarjeske Toplice

• 23rd of the month we have a fair• Each year in May we have “smarjeski

tek” (a run through Smarjeske Toplice)• Each year during the summer we have

Rock Smarjeta (a rock concert)• We have many Nordic ways

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