Pivka

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Občina Pivka
Location of Pivka in Slovenia
Area: 223.3 km²
Population 5,926
 - males 2,944
 - females 2,982
Mayor: Robert Smrdelj
Average age: 37.03 years
Residential areas: 32.82 m²/person
 - households: 2,080
 - families: 1,639
Working active: 2,845
 - unemployed: 301
Average monthly salary (August 2003):
 - gross: 205,058 SIT
 - net: 133,122 SIT
College/university students: 225
Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002.

Pivka is a municipality in Slovenia, near Postojna. It is located in the region of Kras. While Pivka region has been a strategically important location since ancient times, it became even more important with the construction of the Vienna-Trieste railway (the so called Southern railway) in 1857 and Pivka-Rijeka(Fiume) railway 20 years later. In 1930, after Western Slovenia was under Italian government, strategic hills over Pivka were heavily fortified and included in the Alpine Wall system of defenses, which stretches from the Bay of Genoa to the Bay of Kvarner. Fiume over Pivka and nearby barracks in Hrastje were one of the strongest points in the Eastern section of the Alpine Wall.

On the basis of this rich military history from ancient times to the 20th century, the municipality of Pivka is working on the Park of Military History, which currently hosts a Tank and artillery collection, but the project team has ambitious plans to develop the Park into a tourism and experiental centre that will be a major tourist attraction in the area that already attracts many tourists (Postojna Cave). The first and hugely successful military re-enactment was staged in the Park in September 2007 and more are coming in 2008.

[edit] External links

  • Pivka, official page of municipality (in Slovene)
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Coordinates: 45°41′N, 14°12′E