Lisca () is a hill in the eastern part of the

Sava Hills The Sava Hills ( sl, Posavsko hribovje) are the eastern part of the Slovene Prealps. They are oriented in the east-west direction and are located to the north and south of the Sava River in central and eastern Slovenia, among the Ljubljana Basin ...

in southeastern Slovenia, northwest of

Sevnica Sevnica (; german: Lichtenwald''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 20.) is a town on the left bank of the Sava River in central Sloveni ...

, north of the

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, and south of Gračnica Creek. It is the most frequently visited hiking destination in the

Etymology

The name Lisca comes from .

Geography

The hill has two summits: Lisca and Little Lisca ( sl, Mala Lisca; ). At Lisca there is a

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, the only one in Slovenia with a

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, and a ski slope. At Mala Lisca, there are three

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take-off sites. At , the Jurko Lodge () stands below the peak, built in 1972 at the site of the previous structures. It is named after Blaž Jurko (1859–1944), an early teacher and hiking pioneer that built the first hut on Lisca in 1902. Next to it stands the Tonček Lodge (), built in 1952 after the old one was burned during World War II by the Partisans. It was named after Tonček Čebular, the president of the Lisca Sevnica Mountaineering Club, who led the rebuilding. Below the Tonček Lodge there is a chapel dedicated to the

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, built in 1939 at the initiative of Blaž Jurko. Six names are written on plaques around its door: the nieces and nephews of the priest that consecrated it.

Weather station

The

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combines data from

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and the meteorological radar at Lisca for accurate precipitation forecasts. The radar has a measuring distance of .

Ascent routes

The main path leading to the top is the Jurko Trail, named after Blaž Jurko. It leads from the village of Breg () through the village of

Razbor Razbor () is a village below Mount Lisca in the Municipality of Sevnica in east-central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Styria, Styria. The municipality is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region. Since 2000, ...

to the top of Lisca. An asphalt road leads to the Tonček Lodge from a pass () between the Sava and Gračnica valleys. The Jurko Trail also leads past a church dedicated to St. Judoc ( sl, sveti Jošt; ) on the western slope of Lisca. There, three paths leading to the top join. An auction of pork hocks and cured sausage has taken place at St. Judoc's Church every

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since 1997, reviving a tradition that had disappeared for a period.

Other uses

The company

Lisca Lisca () is a hill in the eastern part of the Sava Hills in southeastern Slovenia, northwest of Sevnica, north of the Sava, and south of Gračnica Creek. It is the most frequently visited hiking destination in the Sava Hills. Etymology The na ...

, a major lingerie manufacturer, is named after the hill.

References

External links

Lisca
Hribi.net. Retrieved 6 March 2012. *
Lisca Peak
VR panorama (surround photography). Hribi.net. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
Radar image of precipitation in Slovenia
Sent from the Lisca Peak Radar Station every 10 minutes. Geopedia.si, ARSO. Retrieved 6 March 2012. {{coord, 46, 4, 4.66, N, 15, 17, 5.25, E, type:mountain_region:SI, display=title Hills of Slovenia Municipality of Sevnica