Municipality of Celje

Contact

Mestna občina Celje

Trg celjskih knezov 9, SI-3000 Celje

http://moc.celje.si

mestna.obcina.celje@celje.si

Phone386 (0) 3 426 5700

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Events abroad

Past Events

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  Germany Frankfurt am Main Haus am Dom – Katholische Akademie Rabanus Maurus

  
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  Exhibition "Alma Maksimilijana Karlin - Authoress", showcasing the writer's life and work. In the scope of Slovenia – Guest of Honour Country at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2023 and made possible by Municipality of Celje, Slovenian Book Agency, Celje Regional Museum, Celje Museum of Recent History and Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

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Municipality of Celje covers a total area of 95 square kilometres and has a population of 49,473 people (2002) living in 39 settlements. It is one of 11 Slovene urban municipalities with regional importance - the centre of the Savinjska (Savinja River) Region.

First mentioned as Roman Celeia during the 15th century, Celje subsequently became the seat of the counts of Celje, a feudal family of European political significance. Today Celje with 37,875 inhabitants is the third largest town in Slovenia (after Ljubljana and Maribor), and the administrative, economic, educational and cultural centre of the region.

The Social Activities Department is responsible for education, research, culture, sport, social warfare and health care. It draws up development plans and financial analyses and co-ordinates the activities of municipal institutions, which are:

Celje is also home to several national institutions, including the Historical Archives Celje. Several non-governmental cultural associations are active in various artistic genres, especially contemporary dance and visual arts.

The local branch of the Union of Cultural Societies of Slovenia (ZKDS) and the Public Fund for Cultural Activities of the Republic of Slovenia facilitate the activities of local cultural organisations and act as mediators in respect of state and municipal funding.

The city of Celje has hosted the Celje International Crafts Fair every September for more than three decades. It is also a member of Slovene Association of Historic Towns.

See also

• Celje Central Library
• Historical Archives Celje
• Art kino Metropol Celje
• Celje Youth Centre
• Celje Museum of Recent History
• Celje Regional Museum
• Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje
• Celje Dance Forum
• Celjska Mohorjeva družba
• Celje-Centre Grammar School
• Celje Music School
• Celeia Celje Institute - Centre for Contemporary Arts
• Celje Castle
• Slovene Association of Historic Towns
• List of urban municipalities

External links

• Municipality of Celje website
• Celje.si website

Gallery

Infinity dance project with dancers: Ana Guček, Nik Rajšek, Izza Skok, Nadja Škataro, choreographed by Goga Stefanovič-Erjavec. Celje Dance Forum. 2010

Matthew 12.12 by artist Gregor Kregar, in the exhibition Sculpture Today curated by Tomaž Brejc, Alenka Domjan, Jiri Kočica, Polona Tratnik - in the lapidary of the Celje Regional Museum, 2003–2010

Celje Museum of Recent History building in Prešernova street, Celje

Roman archeological finds; Headless statue in the lower part of Knežji dvorec in Celje

View of the Historical Archive building in Celje, from the east.

Quintet Gamma performing at Celje Castle, 2010

Stencil of Slovene writer Ivan Cankar in Celje

The building of the new Celje Central Library seen from the banks of the Savinja River in Celje. STVAR architects, 2011