The first idea of establishing an ironworks in Dvor dates back to 1763, when Prince Heinrich of Auersperg first applied for a concession. He was unable to obtain a permission to construct it because of opposition from the owners of other ironworks in Carniola, who feared competition. After 31 long years, it was only his son, Prince Wilhelm of Auersperg of Kočevje, who managed to do so. The reasons for…
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The autumn come and all men vanished – the peddler’s trade in Kočevska (Gottschee) region
“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 I must admit that at that time in the Kočevska region – particularly in the city of Kočevje itself – prosperity bloomed. In taverns, you could treat yourself to the best snacks that you would not find even in Ljubljana,” wrote…
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The water powered the sledgehammer as well
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 channel and after a few metres under the wheel that powered almost everything in his smithy including the “sledgehammer”. However, when from under the Bilparska stena crag, where according to the oral tradition the Devil himself once held his abode, after…
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