Tabor, Tabor

Tabor
Settlement
Postcard of Tabor
Tabor Location of the settlement of Tabor in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°12′39″N 15°0′17″E / 46.21083°N 15.00472°ECoordinates: 46°12′39″N 15°0′17″E / 46.21083°N 15.00472°E
Country	Slovenia
Government
• Mayor	Vilko Jazbinšek
Area
• Total	34.8 km^2 (13.4 sq mi)
Population (2002)[1]
• Total	1,494
• Density	43/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02)

Tabor (pronounced [ˈtaːbɔɾ]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Tabor in central Slovenia. It lies on the edge of the Lower Savinja Valley at the northern edge of the Sava Hills. The area was part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.^[2]

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint George and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1391. The original Gothic sanctuary was preserved when a new nave was built in 1900.^[3]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
2. Tabor municipal site
3. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 1125

External links

• Media related to Tabor, Tabor at Wikimedia Commons
• Tabor. A map and basic data. Geopedia.si (V1). Retrieved 9 March 2012.