Zidani Most (; ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Laško in eastern Slovenia. It lies at the confluence of the Sava and Savinja rivers. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region.[ Laško municipal site] It is an important railway station and junction.
Name
The name
Zidani Most literally means 'stone bridge'. The settlement was attested in 1224 as
Lapideo Ponti (and as
trans Pontem in 1230,
bey der Gemauertten Prucken in 1457–1461, and
an der Stainen Prukken in 1470).
[Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 481.] The name refers to a stone bridge built at the site in 1224 by Leopold VI. The bridge was destroyed in battles between Emperor Frederick III and the Counts of Celje in 1442.
Main sights
Bridges
A bridge already crossed the Sava in the area in 20 BC, in the
Roman Empire, linking the towns of
Emona,
Celeia, and
Neviodunum. The current road stone bridge over the Savinja was built by order of Archduke John of Austria
in 1824–26 following plans by the engineer Friedrich Byloff and linked the town of
Celje and the Lower Sava Valley.
The old railroad bridge that still stands was built in 1846–49 from 1,260 stone blocks to the plans of the engineer Eduard Heider. Its construction was technically very demanding, because it had to follow a curve.
Similarly technically demanding was the construction of the new reinforced concrete railroad bridge, built by the Slavec company from
Kranj in 1929–30.
Church
The local church, built in the eastern part of the settlement known as Vila, is dedicated to the
Sacred Heart and belongs to the
Parish of Marija Širje. It was built in 1920.
[ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 4163]
See also
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Zidani Most railway station
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