Municipality of Maribor

Maribor Urban Municipality covers a total area of 147 square metres and has a population of 108,944 people (2002) living in 33 settlements. It is one of 11 Slovene Urban Municipalities located at the junction of five natural geographical regions and of road and railway routes from Vienna to Trieste, Zagreb and Budapest. Prior to 1991 Slovenia’s second largest city was the industrial centre of Slovenia, but after independence its huge state factories faced economic ruin. In recent years a steady growth of small economic enterprises has been underway.

Office for Culture and Youth is responsible for cultural and youth activities. It draws up development proposals, co-finances the programmes of cultural organisations and monitors their implementation, and funds and oversees the infrastructure and finances of organisations established by the Municipality. These are: }}

Some cultural institutions located in Maribor have the status of state institutions, eg the Regional Archives of Maribor and the Slovene National Theatre (SNG) Maribor, which hosts the annual Borštnik Meeting, Slovene Theatre Festival, a major gathering of Slovene theatres and theatre ensembles. Several other festivals are also held in Maribor, mostly organised by non-governmental cultural organisations, most active are Kibla Multimedia Centre, Pekarna Cultural Centre

The local branches of the Union of Cultural Societies of Slovenia (ZKDS) and the Public Fund for Cultural Activities of the Republic of Slovenia (JSKD) facilitate the activities of around 90 cultural associations with about 3,600 members.

External links

Municipality of Maribor website
Maribor on Wikipedia
Maribor - European Capital of Culture 2012 - website presenting all fields of culture (Maribor and Eastern Slovena region) in light of the proposed 2012 programme
- 26th Winter Universiade Maribor 2013
Dravoskop - portal of the Podravje Region
Maribor photos on Kraji.eu

Municipality of Maribor

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