Ljubno is a town and a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 on the upper course of the Savinja

Savinja

The Savinja is a river in northeast Slovenia which flows mostly in the Upper and Lower Savinja valley and through the cities of Celje and Laško. The Savinja is the main river of the Savinja Alps . It flows into Sava River at the town of Zidani Most. It has often flooded, such as in the 1960s,...

 River in Slovenia

Slovenia

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. The town is referred to as Ljubno ob Savinji in order to distinguish it from other settlements with the same name

Ljubno, Radovljica

Ljubno is a village in the Radovljica municipality in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.-External links:*...

. Traditionally it belonged to the region of Styria

Lower Styria

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 and is now included in the Savinja statistical region

Savinjska statistical region

The Savinja statistical region is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River....

. The settlement was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1247 and by 1442 it was referred to a market town

Market town

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The parish church

Parish church

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 in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Elizabeth

Elizabeth (Biblical person)

Elizabeth is also spelled Elisabeth or Elisheva...

. It was first mentioned in 1308 and rebuilt in the 15th century. It has a rectangular nave

Nave

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, added chapel

Chapel

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s, a three-sided apse

Apse

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, and a southern belfry

Bell tower

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. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje

Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje ; is a diocese located in the city of Celje in the Ecclesiastical province of Maribor in Slovenia.-Leadership:* Bishops of Celje ** Anton Stres...

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External links

• Ljubno ob Savinji on Geopedia