Raft ride on the Drava River
A raft ride on the Drava, from Dravograd to Trbonjska Lake, is organised by the Pro-Relax company of Dravograd. On the interesting raft ride you set off from Gortina or Boštjan and travel on the river...
View ArticleEthnographic Trail through the Logar valley
The Logar valley, one of Europe’s most beautiful glacial alpine valleys, is seven kilometers long and, on average, 250 meters wide. It is divided into three sections: the lower part is called Log, the...
View ArticleNajevnik lime tree
Najevnik lime is the matron of all limes in Slovenia. It is 770 years old, and has a circumference of 12,5 meters at waist height. The lime is in the middle of a basin, and on the northern side is...
View ArticleIron Spring
Located at the end of a short well-kept footpath just off the Panoramic Road, the water from this underground stream or spring originates deep within the mountainside from the tectonic fault that runs...
View ArticleMatkov Škaf - Tub above the Matkov Kot Valley
Alternatively referred to as Matk’s tub, Matk’s bucket, Matk’s tube or simply the snow pit, this natural seasonal phenomenon in the upper reaches of the Matkov Kot valley is one of the region’s most...
View ArticleThe Okrešelj Basin
Okrešelj is a glacier amphitheatrical basin beneath the steep walls of the Turska gora, Rinke, Križ and Mrzla gora mountains. It's interesting because of the numerous alpine karst phenomena (limestone...
View ArticleRadlje ob Dravi: The manor park
The Marenberk manor park was designed in the 19th century. The organisation of the park is a distinctive example of English style and measures 4000 square meters. Today a great variety of trees grow in...
View ArticleDravograd: 100 yaer old trees
The tree is an ancient symbol of life. In Koroška, adjacent to many old farms, century old lime (lipa) trees stand which are the pride of these homesteads and a very visible adornment to the...
View ArticleThe mineral dravite
At Dobrova near Dravograd in the year 1883, the Austrian scientist Tschermak discovered a previously unknown brown coloured mineral of the tourmaline mineral group. He named the mineral 'dravit'...
View ArticleDravograd Lake - ornithological reserve
Above the Dravograd hydroelectric station, a green area formed with a swamp, islands and reeds, which is a rich ecosystem for rare plants and animals. During migration and the winter months more than...
View ArticleBukovje - Pohorje forest reserve
The southwestern slopes of Pohorje sweep down to the Drava River as a steep rocky hillside, known as Bukovje. The geological base here is made up of old stone, namely amphibolite, eclogite, and...
View ArticleThe Strelovec-Krofička Ridge
The ridge of the triassic limestones on the eastern side of the Logar valley is interesting because of the rare alpine flora. On the north-western slopes the complex of old larch forest, which also...
View ArticleOjstrica
Ojstrica is a 2350 m peak in the eastern part of the Kamnik - Savinja Alps. The northern and western walls are interesting for climbers, the southern slopes are convenient also for ski touring. For the...
View ArticleDravograd: Košenjak - Velka Regional Park
The Košenjak–Velka Regional Park covers some of the most picturesque and naturalistically interesting countryside in the Dravograd area. It begins just above the town near the Old castle and crosses...
View ArticleJanež Homestead (Janeževa domačija)
Strojna is a village of solitary farms. Above the core with the church of St. Ulrich (sv. Urh) stands the great Janež Homestead, a real settlement of various buildings. The older part of the homestead...
View ArticleŠentanel
Šentanel, a well known tourist village, lies on the southern slopes of Strojna. The village is famous for its friendly people, perfect sunny position and the really magnificent views of Uršlja gora,...
View ArticleRadlje ob Dravi: Kalvarija (Calvary)
In 1724 the Stations of the Cross to Calvary were erected here. Today the remains of the Stations of the Cross can still be seen; at the top of the hill, at the highest point of Calvary, there is a...
View ArticleSlovenj Gradec: the birth place of composer Hugo Wolf
Composer Hugo Wolf was born in 1860. His family had Slovenian ancestors on both of his parents' sides. With the spread of the leather industry and their rise up the social ladder, they experienced the...
View ArticleKsaver Meško Library Slovenj Gradec
Writer and parish priest Franc Ksaver Meško was born in 1874 at Ključarovcih near Ormož. Despite undertaking strict theological study, he started to record his rich knowledge of world literature and...
View ArticleThe trail through the Logar valley
The scientific and ethnographic trail through the mountain life of past and modern times. Access and starting point: From Kamnik or Mozirje via Road 225 to Ljubno ob Savinji and via Road 428 through...
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