Solčava
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Solčava (German: Sulzbach, out of “Sulze”, a mineral spring and “Bach”, a stream) is a municipality located in Logarska Dolina, a glacier made valley sometimes dubbed the "green valley". It is situated between the Karawanks in the North and the Kamnik-Savinja Alps in the South and West and is part of the Pohorje-Savinjska region. Formerly part of Styria, now it belongs to Slovenia's Savinja statistical region.
Understand
The municipality consists of four villages/hamlets:
Solčavathe municipality's main settlement, first mentioned in documents in 1268
Logarska Dolina
Podolševa
Robanov Kot
See
The most notable building of the village Solčava itself is its church, built beween 1461 and 1485, with further works reaching into the 17th certury and dedicated to Mary of the Snows. It is home to a sitting Mary figure made out of stone about 1250, which is also shown on the municipality's coat of arms.
The settlements Logarska Dolina belong to the national heritage. Amongst others, they feature a small church built in 1930/31 by architect Martin Golob, dedicated to Christ the King, being part of national heritage.
Furthermore, several houses (nos 5, 7, 8, 12, 15 and 18) and other buildings (21, 27) also belong to the national heritage.
Similarly, the settlement "Matkov kot" with its small chapel “Kapelica v Matkovem kotu” are listed as heritage.
There is also a lot of nature to explore, for example:
Črna spring
Rinka waterfall
Palenk waterfall
- Brložniški waterfalls
- Rastovški waterfall
- Logarjeva linden
Do
Logar ValleyThe 2-3h long walk through the valley is not too exhausting - quite the opposite, the surrounding nature is very relaxing. The path is asphalted, which makes the accessibility with children or bikes easy.
Sleep
Go next
- Celje the regions biggest city
- Kamnik a nice medieval town in central Slovenia, just some kilometers away but separated from Logarska Dolina by a crest of the Kamnik-Savinja Alps
- Carinthia in Austria is accessible via a small pass; interesting places there are for example:
- Klagenfurt in Austria, accessible via the village of Eisenkappel-Vellach/Železna Kapla-Bela via the
- the lakes such as Wörthersee next to Klagenfurt