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Topic: Pohorje


  
  Kompas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Pohorje and the Maribor region is a green oasis on the eastern end of the Alps.
Pohorje is divided, according to its boundaries into: Maribor and Hoče, Slovenjska Bistrica, Konjice and Zreče, Ruše, Lovrenc, Ribnica and Slovenj Gradec Pohorje.
Maribor and Hoče, Konjice and Zreče, and Slovenj Gradec Pohorje are winter tourist areas where skiing centres have developed (Areh, Rogla, Kope); in the Maribor Pohorje region there are competitions for the World Cup in Alpine skiing for women.
www.robinson-sp.si /en/slo   (677 words)

  
 WSG :: Pohorje and Areh
The Pohorje Mountains, lie south of Maribor, which is one of the biggest cities in Slovenia.
Pohorje and Areh are separate summits, the top lift stations are interconnected with a free shuttle bus running every hour.
Pohorje on the opposite has excessive snow-making, longer runs, the gondola and chair lifts, night riding, and it takes you down all the way to the city.
www.worldsnowboardguide.com /resorts/Slovenia/PohorjeandAreh   (221 words)

  
 Accomodation in Aparthotel Pohorje
Pohorje – an unspoilt oasis in the far east of the Alps, where the cohabitation of nature and man represent a multitude of opportunities for recreation, relaxation and well-being.
In Aparthotel Pohorje*** we have two multi-purpose rooms that are suitable for business and social gatherings and accordingly we also prepare various events, educational courses and seminars.
Aparthotel Pohorje*** has a sun terrace, which is open all seasons of the year and we are especially happy when our visitors surrender to the peace of the surrounding, unspoilt nature and to the delights served from our kitchen.
www.aparthotel-pohorje.com /eng/accomodation.html   (401 words)

  
 Maribor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maribor lies on the river Drava at the meeting point of the Pohorje mountain, the Drave valley, the Drave plain and the Kozjak and Slovenske gorice hill ranges.
It is the largest city and the center of the Slovenian region of Styria.
Every January, the skiing centre of Mariborsko Pohorje, situated on the outskirts of the city on the slopes of mount Pohorje, hosts women's slalom and giant slalom races for Alpine Skiing World Cup known as Zlata lisica (The Golden Fox).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maribor   (675 words)

  
 POHORJE
aribor's Pohorje lies at the most eastern end of the mountain chain and it was here over a thousand years ago that man found this place and began to live here.
In the 19th century when they began to use prime timber from the forests of Pohorje a number of saw mills and timber-slides were established, and the glades were strewn with charcoal pits.
This was the time of the "discovery" of Pohorje and its suitability for climbing, recreation and tourism.
maribor.uni-mb.si /prospekt_pohorje/angles/pohorje.htm   (766 words)

  
 pohorje   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Pohorje is a large plateau in the eastern part of the country, separated from high Alps.
Pohorje is renowned for its mushrooms, and mushroom soup is a delicious.
We will be passing two major lakes, two ski resorts and a swamp, very unearthly place on the ridge, that remains there from the last ice age.
www.threehead.com /3_6pohorje.htm   (173 words)

  
 MTBSlo - Pohorje - Description
But Pohorje, which is a medium height mountain range, is very much suitable.
Described crossing of Pohorje is interesting, because of using funicular to ascent Pohorje and then only spending energy on crossing it.
Starting point is at the lower station of Pohorje Funicular, a part of ski-resort Mariborsko Pohorje, which is next to SW suburb of Maribor called Zgornje Radvanje.
www.mtbslovenia.net /an/ture/pohorje/opis.htm   (800 words)

  
 Report
Experience in close-to-nature related forest management, gained in the past decades, form the ground for maintaining and tending all renewable natural resources and for healing wounds, which are the result of incorrect measures.
The ethnography of Pohorje is closely connected to the forest landscape, which in some parts changes considerably.
For a better understanding, for eliminating foreign objects and mistrust in regard to the future regional park, inhabitants of the Pohorje villages, politicians and other centres of power and decision-making are being involved, since the quality of Pohorje represents the quality of life.
www.ff.uni-lj.si /etnologija/pohorje/strani/report.htm   (1691 words)

  
 Mariborsko pohorje - description
The ski centre Mariborsko Pohorje offers more than 40 km of well-kept slopes for all kinds of skiers, be it a beginner or an expert skier.
Pohorje provides ideal conditions for such a race, not to mention the professional organization of the race and more than 25.000 spectators, which is truly a great number in women's world cups.
The Snow Park Pohorje is situated on the ski slope Habakuk in the vicinity of the cottage Luka and it is for intermediate snowboarders.
www.gradtur.si /zima/en/pohorje/mariborsko_pohorje_en.htm   (330 words)

  
 Posta Slovenije d.o.o. : Stamp Land : Philately : Stamps : 1997 Stamps :
The race, however, is no longer organized on the steep slopes on the top of the Pohorje, which all the best women skiers once feared.
They are now racing on the slope that is situated much lower and which is equipped with snow canons, lighting enabling TV transmission during the night, and an arena for 20.000 spectators, a new hotel, cable way...
The stubborn "Pohorje foxes" had to batter their heads against brick walls many times to succeed.
www.posta.si /Namizje.aspx?tabid=392&artikelid=6441   (608 words)

  
 Nacionalno Turistično Združenje - National Tourist Association [Maribor- Pohorje- Hotel Tisa***]
The Hotel Tisa***Pohorje is located in a wonderful natural environment of the Pohorje forests, 912 meters above sea level, where you can breath deeply and feel the beauty and richness of the untouched nature.
Pohorje of Maribor is the largest and the best-organised ski terrain in Slovenia, with the longest night ski run in Europe.
Hotel Tisa*** Pohorje has also two equipped conference rooms available, which in combination with a rich hotel offer provide the conference participants with good conditions for creative work.
www.ntz-nta.si /en/content.asp?id=4875   (215 words)

  
 POHORJE
he bill of fare of autochthones Pohorje home-made food is comprised of potatoes, cabbage, turnips, buckwheat or maize mush and profusely seasoned with crackling.
A number of Pohorje farms that sell wine are part of the popular lower Pohorje wine road.
mong the sweetmeats of the modern bill of fare the favourite is the Pohorje omelette, and among drinks the Pohorje coffee.
maribor.uni-mb.si /prospekt_pohorje/angles/kulinarika.htm   (334 words)

  
 Viher 99 gb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Pohorje is a geographically completed and ecological natural system of particular landscape value.
The paper presents the study of the Partizanka skiing post gravitating to the northern part of the Pohorje and to the Drava Valley, and describes a possible Partizanka new arrangement.
The study of the characteristics of the traditional architecture in the North-East Pohorje area serves as the starting point for the area development project focusing on the skiing area supplied by a hotel and a bungalow village.
www2.arnes.si /~supbjuva/1999/vihe99gb.html   (215 words)

  
 No title   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Maribor Pohorje area, with its views of the nearby winegrowing hills that reach right into the city, attracts visitors with the Snow Stadium, the venue for international skiing competitions and romantic night skiing and the challenging Adrenalin Park.
In this part of Pohorje, there are forest reserves by Èrno jezero lake, by the Šumik Waterfalls, and by the Lovrenc Lakes in the unique peat moor.
Below the peaks of Pohorje lies Slovenske Konjice, one of the most beautifully kept towns in Slovenia with its ancient castle and Trebnik Manor, and nearby Žièe Carthusian Monastery with its Gastuž restaurant, the beautifully renovated oldest hostel in Slovenia.
www.youth-hostel.si /english/slovenija/The_east_region.htm   (491 words)

  
 Slovenia: Partisan Pohorje Exhibition
The exhibition on the Pohorje Battalion was installed on Osankarica in 1961.
A special annex was added to the House of the Pohorje Battalion in 1978 to house the permanent exhibition 'Partisan Pohorje', which presents the developments in the wider area of the Pohorje range - the cradle of partisan resistance in Štajerska during the Second World War.
Special attention was dedicated to the last stand of the fighters of the Pohorje Battalion on Osankarica on January 8, 1943.
www.culturalprofiles.org.uk /slovenia/Units/4247.html   (185 words)

  
 Nacionalno Turistično Združenje - National Tourist Association [Maribor-Pohorje]
From the foot of the Pohorje mountain range to Maribor, Slovenia's second largest city, it is only 6 km.
At altitudes between 325 and 1347 meters, there are 60 km of alpine ski runs and 25 km of groomed cross country trails at your disposal.
Accommodation is possible on Pohorje itself or in hotels in Maribor linked to the slopes by local buses.
www.ntz-nta.si /en/content.asp?id=3392   (344 words)

  
 Accomodation in Aparthotel Pohorje
Pohorje – an unspoilt oasis in the far east of the Alps, where the cohabitation of nature and man represent a multitude of...
Aparthotel Pohorje is located on the main road Maribor-Bellevue, just under a kilometre from the upper station of the Pohorje cable car, where the biggest...
Forests, wet moors, open country, streams and precipices are a wonderful world interwoven with solitary paths, attractive hiking and cycle tracks, interesting places, which just call to be visited and experienced...
www.aparthotel-pohorje.com /eng   (132 words)

  
 Slovenia - Official Travle Guide \ Smiling Pohorje |   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Other areas of Pohorje offer widespread mountain trails for hikers and lovers of cycling and horseback riding.
Pohorje is also visited by lovers of parachuting, hang-gliding, ballooning and those who enjoy discovering its primeval forest and pure waters.
Maribor with a little less than 115,000 inhabitants developed in the foothills of Pohorje.
www.slovenia-tourism.si /?smiling_pohorje=0&lng=2   (451 words)

  
 Snow on Pohorje. In October. (No, really.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
What Blaž is trying to say is that the highest peak of Pohorje is Črni vrh at 1543m (at the very western end of Pohorje).
So, even if Pohorje was less high (say, maybe 900 m), but not all of its peaks were accessible due to rugged terrain and steep inclines...
Pohorje is massive and dominates all that surrounds it.
www.carniola.org /theglory/2004/10/snow_on_pohorje.htm   (832 words)

  
 Maribor
It lies at the heart of central Europe, at the junction of important traffic routes from central Europe to the south-east, and from western Europe to the Pannonian lowlands.
It is located by the river Drava, at the point of contact of five different regional units: the Drava valley, important for traffic and energy, the Pohorje with livestock-rearing and tourism, the forests and farms of Kozjak, Slovenske gorice with its vineyards and orchards, and the arable Drava plain.
Right above the city rises the Pohorje range, one of the the largest ski centres in Slovenia.
www.burger.si /Maribor/MariborENG.html   (542 words)

  
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Discovering Pohorje's primeval forest and pure waters offers an unforgettable experience for ramblers as well as lovers of horse riding and cycling.
You can also try parachuting, hang gliding, ballooning and tobogganing on grass in the Pohorje Adrenalin Park, where overcoming obstacles is immense entertainment for both young and old alike.
Particularly pleasant atmospheres are animated during special events; among the most resounding is certainly the already traditional Golden Fox, a competition for the World Cup in skiing for women.
www.greatestcities.com /users/dorjan/1315.html   (80 words)

  
 - AMC'02 7th International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control
Hotel Habakuk is a five star hotel situated in natural surroundings on the slopes of Pohorje - here one can breathe the fresh morning air and be lulled to sleep in the evening by the misterious rustling in the pine forest.
Garni hotel Milena is situated in a peaceful idyllic environment at the hillside of Pohorje, in the close vicinity of the workshop hotel Habakuk.
Pohorska kavarna is situated in a peaceful idyllic environment at the hillside of Pohorje, in the close vicinity of the workshop hotel Habakuk.
www.ro.feri.uni-mb.si /AMC02/trav_accomm/hotels.html   (319 words)

  
 Združenje slovenskih žičničarjev - GIZ
Mariborsko Pohorje, a low mountain range whose highest peak reaches 1347 meters, is truly something special, certainly to Maribor, Slovenia’s second largest city.
Mariborsko Pohorje is famous for its traditional Golden Fox Trophy, the annual World Cup women’s alpine skiing competition held in early January.
The ideal conditions made possible by the snow stadium, the outstanding organization, and the regular attendance of 25,000 fans, by far the largest audience for women’s skiing competitions, have contributed to the renown of this Slovene ski center around the world.
www.slo-skiing.net /E_giz_clani.asp?ID=2   (194 words)

  
 Prireditve
In its immediate vicinity a prehistoric path ran along the mountain ridge proof being sepulchral mounds, PoĹĄtela ditches, Pohorje foundry and other things found enroute to St. Areh.
Today's church was built in the year 1501 on the place where earlier almost certainly stood a smaller chapel.
In 1878 the building was made into lodgings for a forester and seven rooms for climbers complete with a register book.
www.sraka.com /prireditvematic/Lokacija.aspx?oznaka=307&jezik=1033   (314 words)

  
 Slovenian Webclassroom. Maribor
It is a city surrounded by fields, forests, and vineyards and the citycentre has many parks.
It is the gateway to the famous Pohorje mountain range and hills.
The Pohorje region is a highly-developed recreational area for outdoor activities.
www.thezaurus.com /slovenianlinx/webclassmaribor.htm   (428 words)

  
 Maribor --  Encyclopædia Britannica
German Marburg, industrial town and the political and economic centre of northern Slovenia, on the Drava River near the Austrian border.
A popular resort and winter-sports centre, it lies between the Pohorje and Slovenske mountains.
Though it is the centre of a fertile region specializing in apple and grape growing, it is one of the largest industrial cities in Slovenia.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9050907   (294 words)

  
 www.ipsd.info
Pohorje is a famous winter sport resort which hosts international ski events like the Golden Fox Trophy, the annual World Cup women’s alpine skiing competition held annually in January.
These vine-yards are part of the natural beauty of the city, along with the Pohorje forests, the valley of the Drava river, the Kozjak and the Koban ravines, or the Slovenske Gorice hills and fields at the south-east of the city.
Visitors may sometimes chide them for being perhaps too fond of their city, for being too ready to enter into competition with the more elegant center of Ljubljana.
www.ipsd.info   (730 words)

  
 Accomodation in Aparthotel Pohorje
Aparthotel Pohorje is located on the main road Maribor-Bellevue, just under a kilometre from the upper station of the Pohorje cable car, where the biggest ski centre in Slovenia - Mariborsko Pohorje - is.
From the direction of Ljubljana: leave the motorway at the exit Maribor-jug, on reaching the village of Hoče turn left towards Areh, Bellevue.
At the crossroads keep to the right in the direction of Pohorje until you come to the crossroads in Hoče.
www.aparthotel-pohorje.com /eng/how_to_reach_us.html   (246 words)

  
 Maribor - Pohorje Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Maribor is in the immediate vicinity of the Pohorje range.
It is very difficult to find a city of such size in Europe, where people can mount their skis some 30 minutes after leaving their homes or offices.
As the altitude is relatively low (800 - 1200 m), people of Maribor, regarding skiing as the national sport, built the Ski Stadium at the base of Pohorje and so (with a help from compact-snow machines) the skiing season lasts for at least 120 days of the year.
www.camtp.uni-mb.si /maribor/mb_pohorje.html   (325 words)

  
 Maribor Pohorje ski area
Maribor Pohorje ski area is a small ski resort in Slovenia with a relatively average elevation drop when compared to other ski resorts in the region.
Maribor Pohorje has a higher than average ratio of expert and advanced runs, and a lower than average ratio of intermediate and beginner runs.
Maribor Pohorje has a low variety of runs and a decent number of lifts.
www.gottagoitsnows.com /skiareas/2155.html   (109 words)

  
 Slovenia - Official Travle Guide \ Cycling \ Mountain Biking on Pohorje |
Pohorje Mountains offer a wide range of trails from breathtaking downhill, challenging single tracks for experienced riders to easy-cruises for families.
The 35 km long track is meant for the experienced recreational rider and for children older than 12 years as the track includes some of the main roads.
Do not hesitate to call us and book a trip in advance so we can arrange some interesting guided trips, including a guide, snacks at tourism farm-houses and if necessary: transportation.
www.slovenia-tourism.si /?kolesarjenje=116   (301 words)

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