The Kočevje Cinema
The site of the present day cinema was originally occupied by a barn and a stable. In 1935 Mr. and Mrs. Poje bought the land and built a cinema. However, in 1941 the hall was…continue reading Kočevska
The site of the present day cinema was originally occupied by a barn and a stable. In 1935 Mr. and Mrs. Poje bought the land and built a cinema. However, in 1941 the hall was…continue reading The Krauland Villa
In 1891 the villa was built by the Ranziger brothers, who owned the glass factory in Trata. The building was later in 1935 bought by Mr. Krauland MD who lived there until 1941. After World…continue readingThe National Heroes Memorial
A special park that honours the Slovenian national heroes stands by the Ljubljanska cesta road near the Kočevje Secondary School. It contains seven busts on marble pillars with inscriptions of names and the year of…continue readingThe Liberation Monument
The Liberation Monument was completed on 3 October 1953. It depicts the idea of struggle, freedom and renewal and has been deliberately placed in a location that was for centuries the site of the Aursperg…continue readingThe Ledena jama cave in Stojna
The Ledena jama cave is a Karst cave or chasm with permanent ice at the bottom. The ice is formed in special micro-climate conditions causing the water to freeze in winter time. While in summer…continue readingThe Eleonorina jama cave
In the close vicinity of the Strmec virgin forest on the south-western slope of Ledenik (1072), at the altitude of 960 m there lies the entrance to the Eleonorina jama cave. The cave was named…continue readingForest reserves and protective forests in the Kočevje Forest Management area
Particularly in the Karst world, forests represent a kind of thick skin - a protection of life. They protect fertile soil, filter the air, contain water, mitigate climate extremes, provide wood and represent a home…continue reading The Rajhenav Rog virgin forest
The sense of prehistoric times, inner peace and quiet under the centuries-old trees fascinates and enchants us time and again. The Rajhenav virgin forest in Kočevski Rog is approximately 50 ha large virgin forest which…continue reading The Strmec virgin forest
This forest has “never seen an axe”. Such mighty fir and beech forests were still covering the central part of Stojna about a century ago. Here, the nature lives by its own laws for millennia,…continue reading