Radeče

Radeče is a small town in the Lower Sava Valley in eastern Slovenia. It is located in the Sava Hills (Posavsko hribovje) on the right bank of the Sava River at the confluence with Sopota Creek. It is the centre of the Municipality of Radeče and part of the traditional province of Lower Carniola. The town and the municipality are now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region; until January 2014 they were part of the Savinja Statistical Region.HistoryArchaeological finds in the area, including such items as bone tools, cave bear bones, altars to water gods, and an altar to the goddess Adsaluta and god Savus indicate that it has a long history of human occupation. Radeče was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1297. The town was granted market rights in 1338.Until 1918, the town was part of the Austrian monarchy (Cisleithania after the compromise of 1867), in the Gurkfeld (Krško) district, one of the 11 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in the province of Carniola.In 1925, Radeče was formally given the town status by a decree issued by King Alexander. In 1994, it became the centre of the Municipality of Radeče.