Mojstrana

View of Mojstrana

Mojstrana is a village in the municipality of Kranjska Gora in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia located in the Upper Sava Valley at the point where Bistrica Creek joins the Sava River below the main road from Jesenice to Kranjska Gora at an elevation of 641 m. The glacial Vrata Valley leads from Mojstrana towards the southwest past Peričnik Falls to the north face of Mount Triglav. The road to three other valleys—Radovna, Krma, and Kot—also begins in Mojstrana.

The development of the settlement is connected to ironworks and iron ore in the area as well as a cement works that ceased to operate after the First World War. Its inhabitants today are mostly either farmers or work in the local metal, wood, or textile workshops as well as in the nearby town of Jesenice. Tourism is also important because Mojstrana is the starting point for many routes in the Julian Alps and the Karavanke. Since 7 August 2010, Mojstrana has housed the Slovenian Alpine Museum, which presents the tradition of mountaineering in Slovenia. There is also a small ski slope next to the village.

The 17th century church of St. Clement, the small Triglav museum, a giant walnut tree with a 470 cm circumference in the middle of the village, the Šmerc and Ambrož houses and the Vrata Valley with the remnants of an aqueduct for the cement works, Peričnik Falls, and the north face of Triglav are all local attractions.

Mojstrana has 1,211 inhabitants according to the 2002 census.

Gallery

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  The hills around Mojstrana

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  Bistrica Creek

External links

• Dovje-Mojstrana Tourist Office

Coordinates: 46°28′N 13°56′E / 46.467°N 13.933°E / 46.467; 13.933