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Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah

Aškerčev trg 12

3240 Šmarje pri Jelšah

(03) 817 16 00

(03) 817 16 00

Jožef Čakš

Slovenian People´s Party

9,904

77

108 sq kilometres

obcina@smarje.si

http://www.smarje.si

Monday: 8:00 – 12:00 and 13:00 – 15:00

Wednesday: 8:00 – 12:00 and 13:00 – 17:00

Friday: 8:00 – 13:00

From the Celje Basin and the eastern ridges of the Posavsko hribovje, the land passes into a region of low-lying hills. The upper parts are of limestone, dolomite or magma, and individual mounds on the undulating tertiary landscape, stick out from the valleys and the central low-lying hills. There are more and more beautiful vineyards on the sunny sides, accompanied by wayside shrines and chapels. This is the Zgornjesotelska region or the Ĺ marsko-Rogaško hills, where the municipality of Ĺ marje pri Jelšah is situated. In the west, where the territory borders the municipality of Ĺ entjur pri Celju, it is skirted by the Voglajnsko hills. In the north, it is skirted by the impressive ridge of the northern string of the Posavsko hribovje, which reaches past Plešivec, Konjiška gora and Boč that extends into Donačka gora (882 metres). In the north, it borders the municipalities of Slovenske Konjice and Slovenska Bistrica. In the west, it stretches to the low-lying hills of Rogaška, where it borders the municipality of Rogaška Slatina. In the south, where Rudnica (686 metres) rises, it borders the municipality of Podčetrtek. In the south, between the low-lying hills of Ĺ marsko and the valley of the Zibiški stream, can be found the Rokovo hills. The region of the municipality of Ĺ marje pri Jelšah is renowned for its very good wine growing conditions. Most high quality vineyards cover the surrounding areas of Sladka Gora, Brecljeva and Vršna vas. The sunny ridges between Babna Gora and Roginska Gorca, Grobelce and Ĺ erovo, the wider region of Kristan Vrh, and north of Ĺ marje, the area between Vrh and Vodenovo are also planted with vineyards. The Ĺ marsko-Virštanjska Wine Road winds through the northern and central part of the region.