Bača pri Modreju ( or ; in older sources also ''Bača pri Modreji''
) is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in the
Municipality of Tolmin in the
Littoral
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region of
Slovenia
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. It lies at the
confluence
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of the
Bača River with the
Idrijca River, which in turn joins the
Soča River at
Most na Soči
Most na Soči (; formerly ''Sveta Lucija'' or ''Sveta Lucija na Mostu'', ) is a town in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It is located on a rocky crest above the confluence of Soča and Idrijca rivers. In the past th ...
, northwest of the settlement. The village includes the hamlets of Grapa, Stopec, and Sopotnica.
Name
The name ''Bača pri Modreju'' literally means 'Bača near
Modrej', distinguishing the village from the settlement of
Bača pri Podbrdu (literally, 'Bača near
Podbrdo') in the same municipality. Both settlements are named after the Bača River.
History
In 1888 the archaeologists
Carlo de Marchesetti and
Josef Szombathy discovered 23 urn graves with objects from the
Hallstatt culture
The Hallstatt culture was the predominant Western Europe, Western and Central European archaeological culture of the Late Bronze Age Europe, Bronze Age (Hallstatt A, Hallstatt B) from the 12th to 8th centuries BC and Early Iron Age Europe (Hallst ...
in Bača pri Modreju. The finds are kept at the museums in Vienna and Trieste. During the Middle Ages, the counts of Tolmin had a toll house in the village. There are two abandoned sawmills along the Bača River in the settlement; one was established in 1544.
During the First World War, the Austrians built a memorial to their soldiers in the southwest part of the settlement, along the main road next to the railway bridge directly opposite the settlement of
Postaja. The inscription reads "Hier kämpfte das XV. Korps. Mai 1915 : Oktober 1917" (The 15th Corps fought here. May 1915–October 1917). After Italy assumed control of the area, the Italians added the inscription "Venne il di nostro – ottobre 1918" (Our day arrived: October 1918).
Railway bridge
There is an imposing
railway bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somet ...
belonging to the
Bohinj Railway
The Bohinj Railway (, , ) is a railway in Slovenia and Italy. It connects Jesenice in Slovenia with Trieste in Italy. It was built by Austria-Hungary from 1900 to 1906 as a part of a new strategic railway, the Neue Alpenbahnen, that would conn ...
over the Idrijca in the settlement and partly in the settlement of
Postaja. It is the longest and largest such structure along the entire line
[Information sign posted at the fortification in Postaja.] and has seven arches.
References
External links
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Bača pri Modreju on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Tolmin
Arch bridges in Slovenia
Railway bridges in Slovenia
Viaducts in Slovenia
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