Simončič Hayrack

Simončič Hayrack is a double hayrack (toplar) with three pairs of windows and a very ornamented gable.
Simončič Hayrack seasonally hosts an art gallery and is still used to dry hay.

Simončič Hayrack, also Simončič Toplar, is a hayrack at the southeastern border of Bistrica in the Municipality of Šentrupert in the traditional region of Lower Carniola.[1] It has been known as the largest and the most beautiful hayrack in Slovenia.[2][3] It was built in 1936 by Janko Gregorčič (officially Janez Gregorčič; 1906–1984), a carpenter from the nearby Slovenska Vas, on the order of the farmer Jože Simončič.[4] It has been designed as a double hayrack (toplar) with wooden pillars, three pairs of windows and a pitched roof. The gable, which is turned towards the road linking the villages of Mirna and Mokronog, is richly decorated with predominantly plant motives.[5] Simončič Hayrack belongs to the farmstead Bistrica no. 11. Since 2001, it has been protected as a cultural monument of national significance[1] and is the only hayrack in Slovenia with this status.[2] As the most known of over 500 hayracks in the Mirna Valley it supplements the Land of Hayracks, i.e. the museum of hayracks in Šentrupert.[3] Exhibitions of visual arts and other events take place seasonally under its roof,[4] however it is also still used to dry hay and as a place to store agricultural machines.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bistrica pri Mokronogu - Simončičev toplar". Register nepremične kulturne dediščine [Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage] (in Slovenian). Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rajšek, Bojan (24. junija 2012). "Kozolci ne bodo več propadali". Delo.si (in Slovenian). Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lindič-Dragaš, Zdenka (4 July 2012). "V muzeju kozolcev bo mogoče prespati prihodnje leto". Delo.si (in Slovenian).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lamovšek, Alenka. "ToplART galerija – dober primer uporabe kozolca". Rast - revija za kulturo, umetnost in družbena vprašanja (in Slovenian). Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lukić, Dijana. "Simončičev kozolec". DEDI - enciklopedija naravne in kulturne dediščine na Slovenskem (in Slovenian). Retrieved 11 June 2013.

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Coordinates: 45°57′36″N 15°06′53″E / 45.96000°N 15.11472°E