About Logatec
General facts about Logatec
The municipality of Logatec lies in central Slovenia – in the heart of Notranjska – at the meeting point of two large geographical macroregions: the Alpine and Dinaric worlds. It borders the municipalities of Vrhnika, Dobrova-Polhov Gradec, Žiri, Idrija, Ajdovšcina, Postojna, Cerknica and Gorenja Vas-Poljane. On the basis of a state ordinance, the settlement of Logatec became a city on 14 January 2006. The municipality celebrates on 20 September in remembrance of transferring the local administration from Planina in Gornji Logatec in 1875. The municipality includes 19 settlements that compose eight local communities. Larger towns are Logatec, which is central and the largest settlement in the centre of Logaško Polje; Rovte, which creates the possibility of enjoying year-round activities in its unspoilt nature; Hotedršica, located at the edge of Hotenjski Ravnik; and Laze, with Jakovica by well-known Planinsko Polje.
Throughout history, until the establishment of the modern road network, the region of Logatec was recognised as one of the most important strategic points in crossing the Apennine Peninsula to Central Europe. This is the only large crossing between the Alps and the Sea. Armies used it many times. Owing to the natural wealth and the possibility of crossing between different regions, Logatec was a place of historical and strategic “borders” from the Roman defence system and had a network of forts and defence walls, called Claustra Alpium Iuliarum, to the Rapallo border, the Alpine Wall and the Rupnik Line.
Coordinates: 45°55’N, 14°14’E
Area: 173.1 km2
Altitude: 476 m
Population: approx. 13.500 +
Highest mountain: Srnjak on Hrušica, 918 m
Lowest point: Planinsko Polje, 443 m
Climate: temperate continental
Oldest written records of Logatec: Around 425 A.D., a famous Roman road map was made called the Tabula Peutingeriana. It shows a settlement or road station called Longatico located between Hrušica and Vrhnika.
What are the origins of the name Logatec?
There are several variants relating to the origins of the name Logatec. The first variant, according to Valvasor, says that the name is derived from the Latin word Longaticum or from the German name Loitsch. The second says that it is derived from the word log, which is the stem of the name Logatec. In the Slovene Dictionary the word log is defined as a (marshy) meadow near water, usually partly overgrown with trees. It must be true since Logaško Polje was flooded several times resulting in marshlands until irrigation was carried out from Gornji Logatec to Dolnji Logatec.
History of Logatec
Today’s shape of the surface of Logatec was formed in the Lower and Middle Triassic period. Surface waters disappeared underground in Pleistocene, at which time, the formation of the karst surface began, creating the landform that is still visible today. Archaeological finds in Matjaž’s Chambers (Matjaževe Kamre) bear evidence of early human presence in the Palaeolithic period, at the time of the early and late Stone Ages. There is evidence of human settlements on the plain near the Logaščica sinkhole and on Pusto Polje beneath Ostri Peak from the Iron Age as well. A central prehistoric fort was built on the hill Velike Bukve above Gorenji Logatec. There are still the remains of terraces where the wooden buildings used to stand.
In Roman times, when the road from Aquileia to Aemona ran through Logaško Polje, a wayside station existed on a strategically important path between the Ljubljana Basin and Hrušica. Antique diaries call it Mansio Longatica.
In the Middle Ages, the administrative centre of the town was located in Gornji Logatec. Logatec was a carters’ settlement, still evident today by the architecture of large wayside farms, until the construction of railway tracks.
After 1857, when transport services ceased, logging and wood trade including wood sawing became more important. In 1875, the development of the town was also affected by the transfer of the local administration, court and tax office from Planina to Logatec. Logatec was a border town during both world wars as well as being the centre of the local district of the Drava Province.
Today, it is still possible to admire the architecture of the Notranjska villages, squares and churches in Logatec. The mansion in Gornji Logatec and several well-preserved wayside farms and adjoining buildings show a rich heritage of buildings.
How to get to Logatec
There are 6 different directions from which you can travel to Logatec: from Ljubljana (NE), from Koper (SW) through Postojna (S), or from Idrija (NW), Cerknica (SE), Ajdovscina (W) or Ziri (S).
Distance to larger towns:
Ljubljana, 29 km
Brnik, 55 km
Koper, 89 km
Vrhnika, 10 km
Cerknica, 24 km
Postojna, 21 km
Ziri, 24 km
Kranj, 58 km
Ajdovscina, 33 km
You can get to Logatec by different roads or by train. All the roads in the municipality (excepting cycle tracks) amount to 799.3 km.
Railway: By train you can come to Logatec from Ljubljana or Postojna. Detailed info: http://www.slo-zeleznice.si/
Bus: From Ljubljana, Postojna, Idria or Cerknica you can get a bus to Logatec. More info: http://www.ap-ljubljana.si/
Cultural heritage
Logatec has a rich cultural history, which can be shown by the many different types of cultural heritage; more than 200 units have been recorded in the national register.
Throughout history, until the establishment of the modern road network, the region of Logatec was recognised as one of the most important strategic points in crossing the Apennine Peninsula to Central Europe. This is the only large crossing between the Alps and the Sea. Armies used it many times. Owing to the natural wealth and the possibility of crossing between different regions, Logatec was a place of historical and strategic “borders”from the Roman defence system and had a network of forts and defence walls, called Claustra Alpium Iuliarum, to the Rapallo border, the Alpine Wall and the Rupnik Line.
The municipal coat of arms, which came into effect on 1 January 2009, shows a universal symbol of transport in its centre – a wheel that at the same time indicates a road junction typical of Logatec. The stone wall indicates that the Council of Logatec played the role of border officials between the west and the east. As this is a region where individuals and peoples met and nations fought, the basic field of the shield is red, which is the oldest heraldic colour. Many people seek the symbols of justice, power and courage as well as honour and love in the heraldic red colour.
Claustra Alpium Iuliarum
In the 3rd century A.D., the Roman Empire, which also included the territory of the present day Slovenia, decided to set up special blockades preventing enemies from passing by if they advanced from the east towards the north of Italy. Strategists did not decide on a single, continuous wall, as, for example, Hadrian, but on a system of several consecutive walls built in the most exposed areas. Builders discovered an already cultured region, which is also proven by the remains of Neolithic building sites in the area of Logatec. The largest site was Velike Bukve on the Tabor in Gorenji Logatec.
Roman fort on Lanisce
The first defence system on Hrusica was the fort on Lanisce with defence walls above the eastern slope of Hrusica. Lanisce was a strong, stone-constructed fort that had a permanent garrison in wooden buildings within the walls.
Rupnik Line and Alpine Wall
Construction of The Alpine Wall started in 1932, when the Kingdom of Italy began building the defence line along all its land borders including its border with the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. There are still many remains on Lanisce, Mesarjev Hill and Travni Peak.
The Rupnik Line is a system of forts, on which construction was started in 1935 by the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as a response to the building of the Italian Alpine Wall. The line was named after the Yugoslav general of the Slovene origin, Leon Rupnik.
Rapallo border
The Treaty of Rapallo, signed on 12 November 1920 in Rapallo by the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and the Kingdom of Italy, defined the border between the two countries. A third of the Slovene ethnic territory, Istria and a part of Dalmatia including islands were ceded to Italy, who in return, acknowledged the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes. The demarcation line between Italy and the Slovene territory ran from Mangart, Triglav, Blegos, Hotedrscica, to Planina near Rakeku and over Snežnik to Reka. Today, one of the main border markers of the former Rapallo border is still visible in Logatec.
Logatec Castle
The castle building was constructed prior to 1580. Todays appearance of the two-storey mansion with a rectangular ground plan, corner towers and a remarkable Renaissance, semicircular portal was given to the castle by Prince Johann Anton Eggenberg in the first half of the 17th century.
Tomažin’s Mill
Tomažins or Strojars Mill is the only preserved and operating mill in Slovenia built above a natural sinkhole. There is no reliable data regarding when the wheels of the mill started turning above the great abyss. According to oral tradition, the mill was built in the early 18th century.
Zemljanke
Zemljanka is a special architectural feature of Hotedrsica. These are granaries made of stone and dug into the ground at the eastern edge of the village. They are covered by earth and sod from all sides except the east. They are excavated in the slopes so as not to be flooded by water. Even today, people use them to preserve crops since they maintain the
same temperature and humidity all year round.
Tollazzijeva stirna
An open cottage with a brick roof stands on round brick columns. A wooden roof construction is visible inside the cottage. The part of the well which is made of stone is built into the brick-made block.
Natural heritage
Almost half of the territory of the municipality of Logatec is protected by the regimes of nature protection, which generally overlap and are largely concentrated in the south of the municipality: from Planinsko Polje to Logatec, Kalce and Hotedrscica. These areas include Natura 2000 sites, ecologically important sites and, in part, areas of outstanding natural beauty. In general, they relate to the karst world and its phenomena in the municipality.
Planinsko Polje
Planinsko Polje is a typical karst field formed in the Notranjska region. Its surface spreads across 11 km2. The bottom is rather flat and exposed to periodical floods of the Unica, which flows from Planinska Cave and slowly meanders to the sinkholes on the other side of the field.
Unica River
The Ljubljanica river basin is intertwined with the waters of Slovene natural sites, such as the intermittent Lake Cerknica, Rakov Škocjan, the famous Postojna Cave, numerous springs in Vrhnika, and of course, Planinsko Polje. On Planinsko Polje, the Ljubljanica is called the Unica.
Napoleon’s lime avenue
The lime avenue is one of the longest and most famous avenues in Slovenia. The avenue measures 1900 metres and consists of 290 trees of small-leaf lime (Tilia cordata) and largeleaf lime (Tilia platyphyllos). With its dominant position at the entrance to the town, the avenue is a unique characteristic of Logatec
Jacka
In the middle of the town, the Logascica stream disappears into the Jacka sinkhole. At first it runs in a shallow bed on the bottom of Logasko Polje and approximately 300 metres before reaching the sinkholes, it descends into the 20-metre deep and narrow Jacka valley.
Gradisnica
Gradisnica is a 201-metre abyss on the north-western slope of Gradisce. The eastern part of the abyss measures 25 x 35 metres and is 65 metres deep. Under the entrance, the steep Krauss Corridor descends to a depth of about 130 metres to where Hauerss and Putickss Halls lie. Several tunnels ending in siphons lead from the halls.
Logaska Cave
The Logaska Cave was discovered in 1962. The eastern abyss is 30 metres deep with analmost completely horizontal tunnel underneath, which can be visited only in the company of speleologists.
Skednena Cave
The Skednena Cave lies at the northern edge of Planinsko Polje, east of Lanski Peak. It measures 209 metres and is 30 metres deep. It has three entrances: two vertical entrances through sinkholes and an abyss opening near the south entrance
Vranja Cave
A collapsed cave located near The Vranja Cave measures 90 metres in length and 60 metres in width.
Mackovica
Mackovica is a 1280-metre long and 51-metre deep cave in the immediate vicinity of Laze. The entrance tunnel descends gently and then widens into the Small Hall, famous for rimstone pools, which form miniature cascades during major floods of the Planinsko Polje.
Cave of the Three Holy Kings
Along the road leading to the Peak of the Three Holy Kings lies the entrance to an artificially formed horizontal tunnel that runs throughout the entire peak. The cave is intertwined with small tunnels that are more than a kilometre long and 70 metres deep
Matjaž’s Chambers
About 2 kilometres before Sopot, six entrances located in a rocky wall above the left bank of the Sora lead to Matjažs Chambers. These are the remains of a formerly active water cave formed by the Sora. Matjažs Chambers are a real labyrinth of tunnels on several floors including stalactites and the phenomenon of cave milk appearing on their walls. The length of the tunnels is approximately 500 metres.
Zejna Valley
The valley beneath Medvedje Brdo is particularly interesting because of the proportional natural conservation of the watercourse of which great fluctuations are typical. In the middle of the valley, the bulk of water runs to the west and sinks into Farmers Abyss, a real labyrinth of horizontal tunnels just beneath the surface.
Erik’s Pond
Eriks Pond is a unique pond in the region with an island above its level. The surface of the pond, which is private property, is 3,800 m2 and the deepest point is 2 metres.
Jezerc
On the bottom of the sinkhole south of Prezid (Zaplana) near Logatec, is the high marsh formed by the overgrowing of a small, shallow lake.
Lake Raceva
Lake Raceva is a lake formed at the water source of the Raceva River. The lake has a triangular shape and is 120 metres in length and 100 metres in width. The deepest measured point is 5.5 metres and the average depth is 2.9 metres.
Waterfalls in Sopot
At the confluence of Rovtarska and Popitova Sovra near Sopot, there are small riverbeds in dolomitised limestone in which water runs at several levels. Two waterfalls reaching a height of 5 to 7 metres are the most distinctive.
Dinosaur footprints
In the vicinity of Medvedje Brdo, fossil footprints were found in the rock and are known as dinosaur footprints. There are 6 preserved footprints 10 centimetres in size that invite you to go back to about 200 million years ago. It is only known that the footprints belong to a three-fingered, two-legged dinosaur. The footprints are of great importance since they are such a unique find in Slovenia.
Fauna and flora
In the region of the municipality of Logatec, wild animals typical of most of the territory of Slovenia can be found; in protected areas you can also find certain endangered and endemic species.
There are a few very interesting locations with very interesting hydrological, geomorphological and botanical natural heritage in the vicinity of Hotedr{ica. Among the most important sites are the Zejna and Zelena valleys with low marshes and marshy meadows that serve as the habitats of certain rare plants, such as long-leaf sundew (Drosera anglica), round-leaf sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) and common butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris).
Aquatic fauna is rich; the region is the habitat of wild goose, dragonfly, stone crayfish and fire-bellied toad.
Large areas of forests in the vicinity of Hotedrsica ensure favourable living conditions for deer, bear, wild boar, lynx, wild cat and fox.
The most common tree species are: fir, beech, pine, sycamore maple, European or common ash, wych elm, and European or common hornbeam. Numerous pine mutants are considered very interesting. A pine with a column-like trunk in Novi Svet is the most unusual one, because the lower third of its treetop is developed normally, while the upper two thirds are as narrow as the treetop of a cypress.
USEFUL INFORMATION
Post Office:
Post Logatec
Tržaška cesta 50 A, 1370 Logatec
++386 1 759 07 00
Railway station:
Railway station Logatec
Tovarniška cesta 32, 1370 Logatec
++386 1 754 12 85
Tourist Information Center:
The municipality of Logatec
Tržaška cesta 50 A
++386 1 759 07 00
[email protected]
www.logatec.si
Medical center:
Health care centre
Notranjska cesta 2, 1370 Logatec
++386 1 750 82 29
Dentist:
Health care centre
Notranjska cesta 2, 1370 Logatec
++386 1 750 82 29
Additional description: www.logatec.si
The municipality of Logatec lies in central Slovenia – in the heart of Notranjska – at the meeting point of two large geographical macroregions: the Alpine and Dinaric worlds. It borders the municipalities of Vrhnika, Dobrova-Polhov Gradec, Žiri, Idrija, Ajdovšcina, Postojna, Cerknica and Gorenja Vas-Poljane. On the basis of a state ordinance, the settlement of Logatec became a city on 14 January 2006. The municipality celebrates on 20 September in remembrance of transferring the local administration from Planina in Gornji Logatec in 1875. The municipality includes 19 settlements that compose eight local communities. Larger towns are Logatec, which is central and the largest settlement in the centre of Logaško Polje; Rovte, which creates the possibility of enjoying year-round activities in its unspoilt nature; Hotedršica, located at the edge of Hotenjski Ravnik; and Laze, with Jakovica by well-known Planinsko Polje.
Throughout history, until the establishment of the modern road network, the region of Logatec was recognised as one of the most important strategic points in crossing the Apennine Peninsula to Central Europe. This is the only large crossing between the Alps and the Sea. Armies used it many times. Owing to the natural wealth and the possibility of crossing between different regions, Logatec was a place of historical and strategic “borders” from the Roman defence system and had a network of forts and defence walls, called Claustra Alpium Iuliarum, to the Rapallo border, the Alpine Wall and the Rupnik Line.
Coordinates: 45°55’N, 14°14’E
Area: 173.1 km2
Altitude: 476 m
Population: approx. 13.500 +
Highest mountain: Srnjak on Hrušica, 918 m
Lowest point: Planinsko Polje, 443 m
Climate: temperate continental
Oldest written records of Logatec: Around 425 A.D., a famous Roman road map was made called the Tabula Peutingeriana. It shows a settlement or road station called Longatico located between Hrušica and Vrhnika.
What are the origins of the name Logatec?
There are several variants relating to the origins of the name Logatec. The first variant, according to Valvasor, says that the name is derived from the Latin word Longaticum or from the German name Loitsch. The second says that it is derived from the word log, which is the stem of the name Logatec. In the Slovene Dictionary the word log is defined as a (marshy) meadow near water, usually partly overgrown with trees. It must be true since Logaško Polje was flooded several times resulting in marshlands until irrigation was carried out from Gornji Logatec to Dolnji Logatec.
History of Logatec
Today’s shape of the surface of Logatec was formed in the Lower and Middle Triassic period. Surface waters disappeared underground in Pleistocene, at which time, the formation of the karst surface began, creating the landform that is still visible today. Archaeological finds in Matjaž’s Chambers (Matjaževe Kamre) bear evidence of early human presence in the Palaeolithic period, at the time of the early and late Stone Ages. There is evidence of human settlements on the plain near the Logaščica sinkhole and on Pusto Polje beneath Ostri Peak from the Iron Age as well. A central prehistoric fort was built on the hill Velike Bukve above Gorenji Logatec. There are still the remains of terraces where the wooden buildings used to stand.
In Roman times, when the road from Aquileia to Aemona ran through Logaško Polje, a wayside station existed on a strategically important path between the Ljubljana Basin and Hrušica. Antique diaries call it Mansio Longatica.
In the Middle Ages, the administrative centre of the town was located in Gornji Logatec. Logatec was a carters’ settlement, still evident today by the architecture of large wayside farms, until the construction of railway tracks.
After 1857, when transport services ceased, logging and wood trade including wood sawing became more important. In 1875, the development of the town was also affected by the transfer of the local administration, court and tax office from Planina to Logatec. Logatec was a border town during both world wars as well as being the centre of the local district of the Drava Province.
Today, it is still possible to admire the architecture of the Notranjska villages, squares and churches in Logatec. The mansion in Gornji Logatec and several well-preserved wayside farms and adjoining buildings show a rich heritage of buildings.
How to get to Logatec
There are 6 different directions from which you can travel to Logatec: from Ljubljana (NE), from Koper (SW) through Postojna (S), or from Idrija (NW), Cerknica (SE), Ajdovscina (W) or Ziri (S).
Distance to larger towns:
Ljubljana, 29 km
Brnik, 55 km
Koper, 89 km
Vrhnika, 10 km
Cerknica, 24 km
Postojna, 21 km
Ziri, 24 km
Kranj, 58 km
Ajdovscina, 33 km
You can get to Logatec by different roads or by train. All the roads in the municipality (excepting cycle tracks) amount to 799.3 km.
Railway: By train you can come to Logatec from Ljubljana or Postojna. Detailed info: http://www.slo-zeleznice.si/
Bus: From Ljubljana, Postojna, Idria or Cerknica you can get a bus to Logatec. More info: http://www.ap-ljubljana.si/
Cultural heritage
Logatec has a rich cultural history, which can be shown by the many different types of cultural heritage; more than 200 units have been recorded in the national register.
Throughout history, until the establishment of the modern road network, the region of Logatec was recognised as one of the most important strategic points in crossing the Apennine Peninsula to Central Europe. This is the only large crossing between the Alps and the Sea. Armies used it many times. Owing to the natural wealth and the possibility of crossing between different regions, Logatec was a place of historical and strategic “borders”from the Roman defence system and had a network of forts and defence walls, called Claustra Alpium Iuliarum, to the Rapallo border, the Alpine Wall and the Rupnik Line.
The municipal coat of arms, which came into effect on 1 January 2009, shows a universal symbol of transport in its centre – a wheel that at the same time indicates a road junction typical of Logatec. The stone wall indicates that the Council of Logatec played the role of border officials between the west and the east. As this is a region where individuals and peoples met and nations fought, the basic field of the shield is red, which is the oldest heraldic colour. Many people seek the symbols of justice, power and courage as well as honour and love in the heraldic red colour.
Claustra Alpium Iuliarum
In the 3rd century A.D., the Roman Empire, which also included the territory of the present day Slovenia, decided to set up special blockades preventing enemies from passing by if they advanced from the east towards the north of Italy. Strategists did not decide on a single, continuous wall, as, for example, Hadrian, but on a system of several consecutive walls built in the most exposed areas. Builders discovered an already cultured region, which is also proven by the remains of Neolithic building sites in the area of Logatec. The largest site was Velike Bukve on the Tabor in Gorenji Logatec.
Roman fort on Lanisce
The first defence system on Hrusica was the fort on Lanisce with defence walls above the eastern slope of Hrusica. Lanisce was a strong, stone-constructed fort that had a permanent garrison in wooden buildings within the walls.
Rupnik Line and Alpine Wall
Construction of The Alpine Wall started in 1932, when the Kingdom of Italy began building the defence line along all its land borders including its border with the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. There are still many remains on Lanisce, Mesarjev Hill and Travni Peak.
The Rupnik Line is a system of forts, on which construction was started in 1935 by the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as a response to the building of the Italian Alpine Wall. The line was named after the Yugoslav general of the Slovene origin, Leon Rupnik.
Rapallo border
The Treaty of Rapallo, signed on 12 November 1920 in Rapallo by the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and the Kingdom of Italy, defined the border between the two countries. A third of the Slovene ethnic territory, Istria and a part of Dalmatia including islands were ceded to Italy, who in return, acknowledged the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes. The demarcation line between Italy and the Slovene territory ran from Mangart, Triglav, Blegos, Hotedrscica, to Planina near Rakeku and over Snežnik to Reka. Today, one of the main border markers of the former Rapallo border is still visible in Logatec.
Logatec Castle
The castle building was constructed prior to 1580. Todays appearance of the two-storey mansion with a rectangular ground plan, corner towers and a remarkable Renaissance, semicircular portal was given to the castle by Prince Johann Anton Eggenberg in the first half of the 17th century.
Tomažin’s Mill
Tomažins or Strojars Mill is the only preserved and operating mill in Slovenia built above a natural sinkhole. There is no reliable data regarding when the wheels of the mill started turning above the great abyss. According to oral tradition, the mill was built in the early 18th century.
Zemljanke
Zemljanka is a special architectural feature of Hotedrsica. These are granaries made of stone and dug into the ground at the eastern edge of the village. They are covered by earth and sod from all sides except the east. They are excavated in the slopes so as not to be flooded by water. Even today, people use them to preserve crops since they maintain the
same temperature and humidity all year round.
Tollazzijeva stirna
An open cottage with a brick roof stands on round brick columns. A wooden roof construction is visible inside the cottage. The part of the well which is made of stone is built into the brick-made block.
Natural heritage
Almost half of the territory of the municipality of Logatec is protected by the regimes of nature protection, which generally overlap and are largely concentrated in the south of the municipality: from Planinsko Polje to Logatec, Kalce and Hotedrscica. These areas include Natura 2000 sites, ecologically important sites and, in part, areas of outstanding natural beauty. In general, they relate to the karst world and its phenomena in the municipality.
Planinsko Polje
Planinsko Polje is a typical karst field formed in the Notranjska region. Its surface spreads across 11 km2. The bottom is rather flat and exposed to periodical floods of the Unica, which flows from Planinska Cave and slowly meanders to the sinkholes on the other side of the field.
Unica River
The Ljubljanica river basin is intertwined with the waters of Slovene natural sites, such as the intermittent Lake Cerknica, Rakov Škocjan, the famous Postojna Cave, numerous springs in Vrhnika, and of course, Planinsko Polje. On Planinsko Polje, the Ljubljanica is called the Unica.
Napoleon’s lime avenue
The lime avenue is one of the longest and most famous avenues in Slovenia. The avenue measures 1900 metres and consists of 290 trees of small-leaf lime (Tilia cordata) and largeleaf lime (Tilia platyphyllos). With its dominant position at the entrance to the town, the avenue is a unique characteristic of Logatec
Jacka
In the middle of the town, the Logascica stream disappears into the Jacka sinkhole. At first it runs in a shallow bed on the bottom of Logasko Polje and approximately 300 metres before reaching the sinkholes, it descends into the 20-metre deep and narrow Jacka valley.
Gradisnica
Gradisnica is a 201-metre abyss on the north-western slope of Gradisce. The eastern part of the abyss measures 25 x 35 metres and is 65 metres deep. Under the entrance, the steep Krauss Corridor descends to a depth of about 130 metres to where Hauerss and Putickss Halls lie. Several tunnels ending in siphons lead from the halls.
Logaska Cave
The Logaska Cave was discovered in 1962. The eastern abyss is 30 metres deep with analmost completely horizontal tunnel underneath, which can be visited only in the company of speleologists.
Skednena Cave
The Skednena Cave lies at the northern edge of Planinsko Polje, east of Lanski Peak. It measures 209 metres and is 30 metres deep. It has three entrances: two vertical entrances through sinkholes and an abyss opening near the south entrance
Vranja Cave
A collapsed cave located near The Vranja Cave measures 90 metres in length and 60 metres in width.
Mackovica
Mackovica is a 1280-metre long and 51-metre deep cave in the immediate vicinity of Laze. The entrance tunnel descends gently and then widens into the Small Hall, famous for rimstone pools, which form miniature cascades during major floods of the Planinsko Polje.
Cave of the Three Holy Kings
Along the road leading to the Peak of the Three Holy Kings lies the entrance to an artificially formed horizontal tunnel that runs throughout the entire peak. The cave is intertwined with small tunnels that are more than a kilometre long and 70 metres deep
Matjaž’s Chambers
About 2 kilometres before Sopot, six entrances located in a rocky wall above the left bank of the Sora lead to Matjažs Chambers. These are the remains of a formerly active water cave formed by the Sora. Matjažs Chambers are a real labyrinth of tunnels on several floors including stalactites and the phenomenon of cave milk appearing on their walls. The length of the tunnels is approximately 500 metres.
Zejna Valley
The valley beneath Medvedje Brdo is particularly interesting because of the proportional natural conservation of the watercourse of which great fluctuations are typical. In the middle of the valley, the bulk of water runs to the west and sinks into Farmers Abyss, a real labyrinth of horizontal tunnels just beneath the surface.
Erik’s Pond
Eriks Pond is a unique pond in the region with an island above its level. The surface of the pond, which is private property, is 3,800 m2 and the deepest point is 2 metres.
Jezerc
On the bottom of the sinkhole south of Prezid (Zaplana) near Logatec, is the high marsh formed by the overgrowing of a small, shallow lake.
Lake Raceva
Lake Raceva is a lake formed at the water source of the Raceva River. The lake has a triangular shape and is 120 metres in length and 100 metres in width. The deepest measured point is 5.5 metres and the average depth is 2.9 metres.
Waterfalls in Sopot
At the confluence of Rovtarska and Popitova Sovra near Sopot, there are small riverbeds in dolomitised limestone in which water runs at several levels. Two waterfalls reaching a height of 5 to 7 metres are the most distinctive.
Dinosaur footprints
In the vicinity of Medvedje Brdo, fossil footprints were found in the rock and are known as dinosaur footprints. There are 6 preserved footprints 10 centimetres in size that invite you to go back to about 200 million years ago. It is only known that the footprints belong to a three-fingered, two-legged dinosaur. The footprints are of great importance since they are such a unique find in Slovenia.
Fauna and flora
In the region of the municipality of Logatec, wild animals typical of most of the territory of Slovenia can be found; in protected areas you can also find certain endangered and endemic species.
There are a few very interesting locations with very interesting hydrological, geomorphological and botanical natural heritage in the vicinity of Hotedr{ica. Among the most important sites are the Zejna and Zelena valleys with low marshes and marshy meadows that serve as the habitats of certain rare plants, such as long-leaf sundew (Drosera anglica), round-leaf sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) and common butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris).
Aquatic fauna is rich; the region is the habitat of wild goose, dragonfly, stone crayfish and fire-bellied toad.
Large areas of forests in the vicinity of Hotedrsica ensure favourable living conditions for deer, bear, wild boar, lynx, wild cat and fox.
The most common tree species are: fir, beech, pine, sycamore maple, European or common ash, wych elm, and European or common hornbeam. Numerous pine mutants are considered very interesting. A pine with a column-like trunk in Novi Svet is the most unusual one, because the lower third of its treetop is developed normally, while the upper two thirds are as narrow as the treetop of a cypress.
USEFUL INFORMATION
Post Office:
Post Logatec
Tržaška cesta 50 A, 1370 Logatec
++386 1 759 07 00
Railway station:
Railway station Logatec
Tovarniška cesta 32, 1370 Logatec
++386 1 754 12 85
Tourist Information Center:
The municipality of Logatec
Tržaška cesta 50 A
++386 1 759 07 00
[email protected]
www.logatec.si
Medical center:
Health care centre
Notranjska cesta 2, 1370 Logatec
++386 1 750 82 29
Dentist:
Health care centre
Notranjska cesta 2, 1370 Logatec
++386 1 750 82 29
Additional description: www.logatec.si