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Historical Secrets
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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Winter motif in art
In Slovene art, Miha Maleš (1903–1987) represents a man who was a true "uomo univerzale" in the field of art and culture, as he was not only engaged in fine arts - painting, graphics and drawing, in which he introduced completely new, modern guidelines, but he was also a messenger of new art, ...
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Dedek Mraz and Kamnik work organizations
THE GOOD OLD DEDEK MRAZ HAS ALREADY COME AMONG US Dedek Mraz and Kamnik work organizations The New Year's tree with Dedek Mraz is certainly one of the most cordial and authentic school events, because it is the only one that focuses on the child, whether he still believes in mythological ...
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December's good man – Dedek Mraz from Kamniška Bistrica
Dedek Mraz is a mythological benefactor who presents gifts to children in the week before the New Year, but most often on the night from December 31 to January 1. He established himself in Slovene culture during the time of socialist Yugoslavia. It is based on Russian legends from 1930, where he ...
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Views through time - Predaselj gorge (Predoselj)
The Predaselj gorge (Predoselj) was formed by the river Kamniška Bistrica. After that, wood was harvested from the forests of Kamniška Bistrica. In October 1890, as usual, wood was rafted from the end of the valley. Luckily, everything went through Great Predaselj, and at the entrance to the ...
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Summer freshness at the end of the 19th century
Among townspeople, officials, and other wealthier residents, the idea of more enjoyable leisure time has developed more and more since the second half of the 19th century. On the one hand, they began to discover places that gave them freshness in the summer months, such as Kamnik and Bled. ...
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Jurij Japelj, Blaž Kumerdej, The Bible of the New Testament, II. Part, 1786
Japelj's most important work was a new translation of the Bible into Slovene language. He started in 1783 and invited the teacher Blaž Kumerdej, who was considered the best connoisseur of Slovene language, to participate. They took the oldest Latin translation and the Dalmatian Bible as a basis. ...
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From the first years of the Kamnik Museum
On December 4, 1961, the Kamnik Museum was established. The Renaissance-Baroque castle complex Zaprice was intended for its operation, but it was in a rather poor condition when it was taken over, as there were still apartments in it. Ever since 1963, the buildings in the castle complex have ...
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