History & culture
Trbovlje used to be a small village, surrounding a church. The town started to develop in the beginning of the 19th century when deposits of brown coal were discovered in the region. With the development of coal-mining Trbovlje became a true mining and industrial centre. Several miners' colonies were built to give shelter to workers and their families. Even though today Trbovlje still looks like an industrial town, it is starting to focus on its attractive natural surroundings.
The chimney is a part of Power plant company Trbovlje and is 360m tall, which got a title of the highest building in Slovenia and highest chimney in Europe. According to the plans of the German company Karrena, was built in 1976 with purpose to reduce pollution by sulfur dioxide in river Sava valley.