- Ilirska Bistrica
Municipality_of_Slovenia|nativename=Ilirska Bistrica
mayor=Anton Šenkinc
coat=
location=
area=480,0 km²
population=14.234
males=6.981
females=7.253
avg_age=38,6 let
residental_density=32,72 m²/person
households=5.045
families=3.936
workers=6.495
unemployed=944
salary_date=avgust2003
avg_salary_bruto=218.605 SIT
avg_salary_neto=141.878 SIT
students=550Ilirska Bistrica ( _de. Illyrisch Feistritz, _it. Villa del Nevoso) is a town and a municipality in
Slovenia .The town of Ilirska Bistrica is the major economic centre of the district of the same name. It's coat of arms represents the history of the region, being part of the pre-slavic Ilyrian people that once populated the area, along with their shipbuilding past. The name Ilirska Bistrica, has its origin during the times of the
Austrian Empire , in which the adjective Ilirska (in German: "Illyrisch") was added to the old name Bistrica (German: "Feistritz") to differentiate it from other towns in the Empire that had the same name, such asBanska Bystrica in modern-daySlovakia . The name Ilirska Bistrica thus means "The Illyrian Bistrica", referring to theKingdom of Illyria , an administrative unit of the Austrian Empire between 1816 and 1849. The town's current coat of arms was also adopted at the same time; in fact, it is only a slight modification of the coat of arms of theKingdom of Illyria .The town probably is most used by tourists and trekkers as a starting point for travelling to the peak of Mount Sneznik, a day long return trip from Ilirska Bistrica. Sneznik is the highest non-Alpine peak in Slovenia, at 1796 metres.
The town's history has been primarily shaped by the nations which have occupied it. Within the last 100 years, the district has been under the control of the Austro-Hungarian Empire,
Italy ,Yugoslavia and Slovenia. Remnants of this can still be seen in numerous monuments, and the Italian Barracks of the Second World War.The most recent conflict the region has encountered was during the short ten day Slovene Independence War, in which
Yugoslav and Slovene troops met in a small engagement ending with a handful of casualties, in the village of Koseze just south of Ilirska Bistrica.Among the famous inhabitants of Ilirska Bistrica, the poet
Dragotin Kette is the most known.
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