April 2019 • Gottscheer blog

The autumn come and all men vanished – the peddler’s trade in Kočevska (Gottschee) region

By Anja Moric
30/04/2019

“The Gottscheers were peddling folks. The autumn come and all men vanished. They ventured forth to various cities – all the way to Berlin. Many of them earned well and…

The Koblarska cave (Koblarska jama) and the Black cave (Črna jama)

By Petra Šolar
17/04/2019

You should visit some when it’s raining. Or snowing. That is, if you want to witness the majestic interplay of water seeping through the floor and falling to the basin,…

crafts

The water powered the sledgehammer as well

By Petra Šolar
08/04/2019

Verderber’s blacksmith workshop in Spodnja Bilpa Water and fire. The force of the former could be curbed only partly: through a lifted or half lifted flap it rushed in the…