Kobarid

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Kobarid
Kobarid Coat of Arms Map of Slovenia, position of Kobarid highlighted
Basic data
Country SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
Historic region Coastal land / Primorska
Statistical region Goriška (Gorica)
Coordinates 46 ° 15 '  N , 13 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 14 '47 "  N , 13 ° 34' 43"  E
height 232  m. i. J.
surface 192.7  km²
Residents 4,395 (2008)
Population density 23 inhabitants per km²
Post Code 5222
License Plate GO
Structure and administration
Mayor : Robert Kavčič
Website

Kobarid ( Slovenian ; German : Karfreit , Italian : Caporetto ) is a municipality in the upper Soča valley (Italian: Valle dell'Isonzo ) in Slovenia .

Above all, it is remembered as a partial setting and namesake of the Twelfth Isonzo Battle of 1917, which is called in most languages ​​"Battle of Caporetto" (German also "Battle of Karfreit").

geography

Kobarid is the westernmost municipality in Slovenia.

Kobarid had almost 4400 inhabitants in 2008 and is located at the intersection of two valleys at 234 meters above sea level. To the west extends the valley of the Nadiža with the valley head of Breginj, and to the south-east, in the direction of Tolmin (German: Tolmein), the valley of the Soča (Italian: Isonzo , German: Sontig ) opens up Direction Bovec , Werschetzpass and Predilpass , is narrowed by high peaks of the Julian Alps .

Districts

View of Kobarid with the Soča in the background.

history

Italian troops march in on October 24, 1917

During the late antiquity there was an important hilltop settlement on Tonovcov grad above the town . Kobarid is best known as one of the focal points of the Isonzo battles in World War I, especially for the Battle of Good Freit . In 1918 the place was occupied by the Italian army and came under the Treaty of Saint-Germain in 1920 to the Kingdom of Italy. During the Second World War Kobarid was under the control of the Tito partisans from September to November 1943 , and again from May 1945. Through the Paris Peace Treaty in 1946 , Kobarid finally came to Yugoslavia and from 1991/92 to Slovenia.

Culture

View along one of the main streets of Kobarid (2006).

In Kobarid, Mediterranean and Alpine influences crystallize equally. You can often see geraniums on the balconies and oleanders in large pots on the street. The Friulian style church is also typical of the area . The Kobarid Museum and the “Path of Peace” educational hiking trail are a reminder of the bloody battles of the First World War .

tourism

Today the community lives mainly from tourism. For hikers, Kobarid is the starting point for the Krn massif, water sports enthusiasts appreciate the white water of the Soča. In addition, Kobarid has become a popular paragliding center.

literature

  • Marko Simić: On the trail of the Isonzo front , Mohorjeva Hermagoras, Klagenfurt-Laibach-Wien 2004; ISBN 3-85013-884-4
  • Paolo Barcella (Ed.): Un medico a Caporetto. I diari di guerra di Ugo Frizzoni. Edizione Sestante Bergamo , Fondazione Pellegrini-Canevascini, Bellinzona 2015.

Web links

Commons : Kobarid  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

  • Karfreiter Museum

  • The Sočatal (Isonzo) near Kobarid

  • Isonzo Valley

  • Rafting on the Soča