Štore () is a town in eastern
Slovenia
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. It is the seat of the
Municipality of Štore. It lies on the
Voglajna River, just east of
Celje
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. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
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. The municipality is now included in the
Savinja Statistical Region
The Savinja Statistical Region ( sl, Savinjska statistična regija) is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River. The region is very diverse in natural geography; it mainly c ...
.
Name
The name ''Štore'' is probably originally an accusative plural derived from the Slovene common noun ''štor'' 'stump', referring to an area where stumps remained after it was cleared.
History
Until the Second World War, Štore was a hamlet of the village of Kresnike (today Kresnike is a hamlet of Štore).
The town only developed in the mid-19th century, when the
ironworks
An ironworks or iron works is an industrial plant where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural, i.e. the singular of ''ironworks'' is ''ironworks''.
Ironworks succeeded bloomer ...
were established in the area after coal was found in the surrounding hills.
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Populated places in the Municipality of Štore
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