Trdinov vrh
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Trdinov vrh (Croatian: Sveta Gera) is the highest peak of the Gorjanci/Žumberak mountain, on the border between Croatia and Slovenia. Originally it was called Sveta Jera. In 1923, however, it was renamed after Slovene writer Janez Trdina.
The area around the peak of the Žumberak/Gorjanci mountain is assigned partly to Slovenia (the Trdinov vrh area) and partly to Croatia (the Sveta Gera area). However, an old Yugoslav People's Army barracks building recorded in the Croatian land register[citation needed] is used as an outpost by the Slovenian army. Sovereignty over the military complex is the subject of a dispute between the two states. Owing to diplomacy, the dispute has not escalated.
In March 1999, Milan Kučan, then president of Slovenia, called the usage of the barracks building as the military outpost of either Slovene or Croatian Army as controversial and "at least uncivilised".[1] In 2004, he argued for the Croatian TV that it would be better to open a mountain hut there.[2]
