Mladen Bogic

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Mladen Bogic

Mladen Bogić (born February 25, 1949 in Ljubljana ) is a Slovenian railway journalist and railway museum designer.

Life

Mladen Bogić, son of a Slovenian mother and a Croatian father, grew up in Ljubljana, where he attended school and passed the high school diploma with a focus on physics (subject: steam locomotive). Although he considered studying technology, he decided to study foreign languages ​​(German and literary history) at the Faculty of Philosophy in Ljubljana, where he earned the title of (secondary school) professor through his diploma. Following his interest in the railways, he joined the Slovenian railways in 1977. When the museum department was set up within the framework of the Slovenian Railway in 1981, he was appointed to head it. His focus was / is on the construction and expansion of the railway museum in the former boiler house II (ex KRB or UKB) in Ljubljana, which in 1982 still functioned purely as a branch of the main workshop. In 2004 the first expansion stage of the railway museum was completed and made fully accessible to the public.

Bogić always attached importance to cross-border cooperation, especially with the Austrian, but also with related German, Hungarian and Italian institutions. In doing so, he kept the well-being of the historic vehicles in the first place in view of the national-museum egoism: With his active support, the return of the steam locomotive JŽ 10-005 to Austria, where there was better chance of survival for the locomotive, to the company B&B, where it was then worked up under its original number 33.132. The same applies to the kkStB 80.179, which has been a long-term loan in Knittelfeld since 1994 , and also to the SŽ 06-013 , which has been in the "Rundhaus Europa" in Bahnpark Augsburg since 2006 . The Southern Railway Museum in Mürzzuschlag also has more than 30 historical objects on loan from the collection of the Slovenian Railway Museum.

Journalistic activity

  • So far over 300 smaller and larger articles in various publications, mainly in the Slovenian railway magazine " Nova proga ", but also in the magazines " Življenje in tehnika " ("Life and Technology"), Gea , Delo , Plus (weekly for the teenagers), PIL (monthly magazine for youth), etc. a.
  • In Austria, articles appeared in the publications “Der Fahrtwind”, “GKB-Drehscheibe”, “With full steam in the south”, “Over the mountain”.
  • Permanent contributor to the English magazine "The Cornet", which mainly reports on the Slovenian Railway Museum.
  • Specialist advisor for the railway-related keywords in Oxford's large English-Slovenian dictionary (Državna založba Slovenije, Ljubljana, 2007)

Selected journalistic works

(the titles translated into German)

  • The development of the railway network in Slovenia (series of books Tiri in čas (Tracks and Time), No. 1 and No. 10 - new, improved and expanded edition).
  • The rider (a ride in the cab of the steam locomotive).
  • Selection and translation of the most beautiful railway stories from various books by the German author Karl-Ernst Maedel , published in the book series "Tiri in čas" of the Slovenian Railway Museum, no. 7 under the title (transl.) "Railway Stories".
  • From Heron to Pendolino - railway development-related timetable
  • 100 years of the Vienna light rail
  • When the iron railway was built for us (overview of the world cultural events 1846–1849), in: GKB-Drehscheibe Nr. 37–41, Graz 2008.
  • Diadem in nature's hair - 150 years of the Semmering Railway
  • The southern railway in Slovenia - yesterday - today - tomorrow , in: Gerhard Artl, Gerhard Gürtlich , Hubert Zenz: With full steam in the south , Austrian State Archives, Vienna 2007, (p.257-264) ISBN 978-3-902575-01- 2

Awards

Since 2008 honorary member of the NBiK ( nostalgic railways in Carinthia ) for life.

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personal data
SURNAME Bogic, Mladen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovenian railway journalist and railway museum designer
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Ljubljana