class="apple-converted-space"> in eastern
Slovenia. Traditionally the area was
part of the
Lower Styriaregion.
The municipality is now included in the
Savinja
statistical region. The town is located at the foothills of the
Hum hill on theSavinja
River. It is first mentioned in
written documents dating to 1227 and was granted
town privileges
in 1927.
It is known to have been settled since
the
Iron Age
and
Roman
archaeological finds
are common in the area, though the
precise location of the Roman settlement is not known.
Today the town is best known as the
town of beer and flowers and is famous for its annual Festival of Beer &
Flowers (
Pivo - Cvetje) and the
local
Laško Brewery, the largest
brewery
in the country.
In 2010, Laško was heavily affected by
the
floods.
