Golovec

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Western part of Golovec, view from the Ljubljana Castle

Golovec is the name of a hill in the urban area of ​​the Slovenian capital Ljubljana , which is located southeast of the city center and whose highest peak is called Mazovnik , 450 m above sea level .

geography

Golovec is a continuation of the Rožnik ridge and the castle hill with the Ljubljanski grad, and is part of the Sava hill country ( Posavsko hribovje ). Golovec consists largely of Paleozoic rocks - clay , sandstone and marl .

On the hill Golovec spring several streams, of which the two Bizoviški brook and Dolgi Brook, the largest, in the Ljubljana ( Ljubljanica flow).

history

At the time of the Roman city ​​of Emona in the 2nd century AD, an aqueduct was built from Golovec to the Roman city. In earlier times the hill was not forested and therefore got its name Golovec ( Slovene gol "naked"), but from 1890 it was reforested according to plan . The hill was also known in German under the name Golovec.

use

Golovec is an important destination for those seeking relaxation, which can be reached quickly from the center of the capital. A “Path of Memories and Comradeship” (Pot spominov in tovarištva) established during the time of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and a drivable gravel road from London (Ljubljana) to Spodnja Hrušica also lead over the hill and its summit . The quickest way to get to the hill from the city center is from Poljane on the west side. From here two bridges lead over the Gruber Canal (Gruberjev kanal), and an approximately 1 km long side path (Pot na Golovec) from Hradecki Street (Hradeckega cesta) leads to an astronomical observatory, which was completed on Golovec in 1958.

On the arterial road to Lower Carniola (Dolenjska cesta) there is a shooting range on the mountainside . It was here in 1946 that the Yugoslav General Leon Rupnik , who had collaborated with the occupying powers, was executed.

literature

  • Enciklopedija Slovenije, 3: Eg - Hab. Mladinska Knjiga, Ljubljana 1989.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ F. Schollmayer: The afforestation of an old nakedness. Central sheet for the whole forestry, 3rd year. Facsy & Frick, Vienna 1877. p. 378.