Mojstrana (; german: Meistern) is a village in the
Municipality of Kranjska Gora in the
Upper Carniola region of
Slovenia
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.
Geography
Mojstrana is located in the
Upper Sava Valley
The Upper Sava Valley ( sl, Zgornjesavska dolina) is an alpine valley in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. The Sava Dolinka River flows along it. It begins in Rateče at an elevation of 870 m and ends at Moste at 560 m. It is the geographic ...
at the point where
Bistrica Creek joins the
Sava
The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally t ...
River below the main road from
Jesenice to
Kranjska Gora at an elevation of 641 m. The glacial
Vrata Valley leads from Mojstrana towards the southwest past
Peričnik Falls to the north face of Mount
Triglav. The road to three other valleys—
Radovna Radovna may refer to:
* Radovna (river), a river in Slovenia
* Radovna Valley, a valley in Slovenia
* Radovna, Gorje, Radovna, a village in the Municipality of Gorje, Slovenia
* Zgornja Radovna, a village in the Municipality of Kranjska Gora, Sloven ...
,
Krma
Krma is an alpine valley in the Julian Alps in the Upper Carniola region of northwestern Slovenia. The entire valley lies in Triglav National Park.
Name
The name ''Krma'' is of uncertain origin, possibly derived from a substrate root such as * ...
, and
Kot—also begins in Mojstrana.
Name
Mojstrana was first attested in 1763–87 as ''Moistrana''. The suffix ''-ana'' indicates that the name is of
Romance or pre-Romance origin. The root ''*mojstr-'' is believed to be related to
Friulian ''majostre'' 'strawberry, blueberry' (cf. the
oronym ''Mojstrovka'' from this root), thus referring to an area rich in strawberries or blueberries.
History
The development of the settlement is connected to
ironworks and
iron ore
Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, or deep purple to rusty red. The iron is usually found in the ...
in the area as well as a
cement
A cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together. Cement is seldom used on its own, but rather to bind sand and gravel (aggregate) together. Cement mixe ...
works that ceased to operate after the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
.
Mass grave
Mojstrana is the site of a
mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Mlačca Mass Grave ( sl, Grobišče Mlačca), also known as the Tnal Mass Grave (), is located in the woods south of the settlement, at a leveled area in a ravine about west of the road to the Radovna Valley. It contains the remains of between 10 and 20 German soldiers, and perhaps civilians as well.
Economy
Its inhabitants today are mostly either farmers or work in the local metal, or wood production. Tourism is also important because Mojstrana is the starting point for many routes in the
Julian Alps
The Julian Alps ( sl, Julijske Alpe, it, Alpi Giulie, , ) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretch from northeastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 m at Mount Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia. A large p ...
and the
Karavanke. Since 7 August 2010, Mojstrana has housed the
Slovenian Alpine Museum, which presents the tradition of
mountaineering
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in Slovenia. There is also a small ski slope next to the village.
Sights
Local attractions include the 17th-century church of
St. Clement, the small Triglav museum, a giant
walnut tree with a 470 cm
circumference
In geometry, the circumference (from Latin ''circumferens'', meaning "carrying around") is the perimeter of a circle or ellipse. That is, the circumference would be the arc length of the circle, as if it were opened up and straightened out ...
in the middle of the village, the Šmerc and Ambrož houses, the Vrata Valley with the remnants of an
aqueduct for the cement works, Peričnik Falls, and the north face of Triglav.
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Mojstrana include:
*
Mihael Ambrožič (1846–1904), beekeeper
[Bokal, Ljudmila, ed. 2008. ''Čebelarski terminološki slovar.'' Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU and Lukovica: Čebelarska zveza Slovenije, p. 253.]
Gallery
Image:Sv. Klemen v Mojstrani.jpg, St. Clement's Church
Image:Mojstrana_1.JPG, The hills around Mojstrana
Image:Nebula on river Bistrica.jpg, Bistrica Creek
References
External links
*
Mojstrana on GeopediaDovje-Mojstrana Tourist Office
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Populated places in the Municipality of Kranjska Gora