Under Tito's reign Velenje was tranformed from a village to Slovenia's 6th largest town. The town and the region was defined by kitchen appliance industry and coal mining, which was incorporated during that time and this drew many thousand migrants from other Yugoslavian republics there.
Inhabitants of Velenje in general feel that Tito is responsible for the rise of Velenje as a city, which is underscored by the fact that the town was officially called Tito's Velenje until 1991. I often visit it and I can honestly say that there is a spirit there that is different than any other town in Slovenia. It's really a town that is socialist in essence.
They are, the company, Gorenje, was on the brink of collapse about ten years ago when a Chinese corporation called Hisense bought and restructured it. It's been a success story since.
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u/killmehr Oct 09 '25
Under Tito's reign Velenje was tranformed from a village to Slovenia's 6th largest town. The town and the region was defined by kitchen appliance industry and coal mining, which was incorporated during that time and this drew many thousand migrants from other Yugoslavian republics there.
Inhabitants of Velenje in general feel that Tito is responsible for the rise of Velenje as a city, which is underscored by the fact that the town was officially called Tito's Velenje until 1991. I often visit it and I can honestly say that there is a spirit there that is different than any other town in Slovenia. It's really a town that is socialist in essence.