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Historical Secrets
From Parlour Pets to Family Members: How the 19th Century Changed the Lives of Our Pets
Pets have always held a special place in our hearts. During quiet morning walks, rainy afternoons and long winter evenings, they are our most faithful companions — silent companions who understand us even without words. Over generations, streets, cities and habits have changed, but that warm, ...
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Spa Villas – Jewels of Kamnik’s Historic Spa and Bathing Resort
By the end of the 19th century, Kamnik had become one of the most important spa resorts in the historical region of Carniola. Situated on the left bank of the Kamniška Bistrica River, at the foot of the Kamnik–Savinja Alps, it attracted visitors with its fresh mountain air, ...
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The History of Kamnik Swimming Pool – 95 Years
The area beneath the Old Castle has been home to swimming and bathing activities for 95 years. It was here, on the site of today’s Kamnik Outdoor Swimming Pool, that an important project began in 1930—one that marked a new era in the development of tourism, sport, and community life in ...
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Thonet’s Bestsellers
At the beginning of November 2025, the Kamnik Museum will open the exhibition The Charm and Beauty of Bentwood – From Thonet to Today, showcasing the most beautiful and intriguing chairs from the collections of the Intermunicipal Museum Kamnik and the private collection of Jurij and Ilona ...
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Mayor Maks Samec and the Samec Tunnel
Many residents of Kamnik are familiar with the so-called Samec Tunnel, but few know when and why it was built, or who was behind this important intervention in the urban space. Its initiator was physician and mayor Dr. Maks Samec (1844–1889). His life and work were thoroughly presented by his ...
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By air to Velika Planina - 60 years of Cable Car
On September 13, 1964, it was exactly sixty years since the first official ride of the cable car to Velika Planina. On that Sunday, the president of the Kamnik municipal assembly, France Vidervol, cut the ribbon at the entrance to the silver gondola, officially opening it to the public. It was the ...
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From the sketchbook of a spa guest
The Kamnik Museum houses Ernst Mayer's sketchbooks, which contain 40 watercolors depicting images of Kamnik in the 1880s.
Ernst Mayer was born in Himmelberg in what is now Austrian Carinthia on May 28, 1839, and died in Rijeka on February 14, 1926. He studied mathematics in Graz and Vienna. In ...
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Czechs and Moravians in Kamnik
You know that Kamnik's folk song:
Zika, Fikar, Nerima,
Panek, Rihtar, Kučera,
these are "Pemci" tra - la - la...
Here, the term "Pemci" can be explained most easily with the words of Jan Lego, a well-known Czech cultural figure who lived in Kamnik in the 1860s and 1870s and wrote to ...
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Bloody sign in Podgorje near Kamnik, 1510
Right now, the bloody sign from 1510, which stands by the road at the beginning of Podgorje, where the road crosses the railway, is being cleaned and preserved. Along with the conservation and restoration carried out by Matej Turnšek, pieces of paint or former paintings have been found.
And ...
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New Year's Eve 1905
Also, at the beginning of the 20th century, a celebration of New Year's Eve was organized in Kamnik, but it was certainly not a mass or open-air celebration.
In Kamničan, a supplement to newspaper Naš list, on 30 December 1905, we find an invitation to celebrate New Year's Eve in the National ...
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