Železniki

Municipality_of_Slovenia|nativename=Železniki
mayor=Mihael Prevc
coat=
location=
area=164,8 km²
population=6.811
males=3.436
females=3.375
avg_age=40,85 let
residental_density=26,31 m²/osebo
households=1.978
families=1.809
workers=3.125
unemployed=192
salary_date=August 2003
avg_salary_bruto=215.089 SIT
avg_salary_neto=140.763 SIT
students=259

Železniki is a small town and a municipality in Slovenia, with a population of four to five thousand. It has some large factories including Alples, Domel and Niko. It also has a handball team Alples, football team NK Železniki and floorball team Domel.

Železniki is the economic centre and the largest settlement in the Selscica valley. It used to be known for iron smelting, and its name in Slovenian indicates a relation to ironworks. The first furnace was mentioned in 1422, and the original furnace was replaced in 1826 by a blast furnace which ceased operating in about 1902.

The architecture of the old part of the settlement is mainly from the 17th century.

External links

* [http://www.burger.si/Zelezniki/ZeleznikiENG.htm Tourism web site]