Radenska is a

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and ...

-based worldwide known brand of

mineral water Mineral water is water from a mineral spring that contains various minerals, such as salts and sulfur compounds. Mineral water may usually be still or sparkling (carbonated/effervescent) according to the presence or absence of added gases. T ...

, trademark of Radenska d.o.o. company. It is one of the oldest

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Brand history

Development of the mineral water company started at

Radenci Radenci (; german: Bad Radein) is a town on the right bank of the Mura River in the Mura Statistical Region of northeastern Slovenia. It is a well-known spa town and was first mentioned in written documents dating back to 1436. After 1833, when a n ...

in 1869, when

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, owner of the land, filled the first bottles of mineral water. By the end of the century, the company had sold over 1 million bottles. Radenska Kraljevi

Three hearts

Mineral water brand name ''Radenska Three Hearts'' (Radenska Tri srca) has been in use since 1936. It was designed in 1931 by the illustrator

Milko Bambič Milko Bambič (26 April 1905 – 20 May 1991) also known by the nicknames Cvetanov and Banetov, was a prolific illustrator, cartoonist, caricaturist, inventor, children's writer, publicist, and painter from the Slovene minority in Italy (1 ...

. According to the author, the three hearts symbolised three former nations of the

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 1918 ...

: Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes.

Sponsorship

The company is the title sponsor of

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References

External links

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