Prežihova bajta
Memorial museum of the writer Prežihov Voranc in a Carinthian cottage (bajta) on Preški vrh above Kotlje; open seasonally at weekends.
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About the museum
Prežihova bajta (Prežih’s Cottage) lies against the sunny slope of Preški vrh, from where there is a fine view over Kotlje and the whole Hotuljska kotlina (Hotuljska basin). Since 1979 it has been the memorial museum of the Slovene writer Lovro Kuhar – Prežihov Voranc (1893–1950). The cottage represents the typical Carinthian building of the small farmer, the bajtler, with a black kitchen; its exterior and interior arrangement show the rural and working-class environment from which Voranc and many characters of his works came.
In 2008 the Občina Ravne na Koroškem (Municipality of Ravne na Koroškem) renewed the roof, deepened the cellar rooms and built a new path to the cottage. In the cellar there is a permanent exhibition on the events and celebrations held at the cottage during the thirty years of the museum’s existence. In 2010 the Kravperška kašča (Kravper granary) was moved to the northern part of the courtyard; between the cottage and the granary lies a gartl (kitchen garden) with vegetables, herbs and spices.
The surroundings are graced by an old meadow orchard, which since 2017 has been rejuvenated with the help of the Sadjarsko društvo Mežiške doline (Mežica Valley Fruit-Growers’ Society); old varieties of apples and perry pears have been planted.
Highlights
- Carinthian cottage with a black kitchen, memorial museum since 1979
- Exhibition in the cellar on 30 years of events at the cottage
- Kravperška kašča (Kravper granary), gartl and meadow orchard
- View over Kotlje and the Hotuljska basin
Permanent exhibition
- Prežihova bajta – spominski muzej Prežihovega Voranca – The cottage with its black kitchen, the exhibition in the cellar on events at the cottage, the Kravperška kašča (Kravper granary) and the gartl.
- Founded
- 1979
- Operated by
- Koroški pokrajinski muzej
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €5 |
|---|---|
| Reduced | €2.50pupils, secondary school students and students (€2.50); pensioners and disabled people (€4) |
| Seniors | €4Pensioners and disabled people. |
| Visitors with disabilities | €4Reduced admission for disabled people. |
| Students & apprentices | €2.50Pupils, secondary school students and students. |
| Groups (11+ people) | €6.50 per personGuided tour for groups of more than 10 people: adults €6.50, pensioners and disabled people €5.50, young people €3.50. |
| Guided tour for up to 10 people, adults | €8Pensioners and disabled people €7, young people €4.50. |
| Educational or adult-education workshop, adults | €6.50Pensioners and disabled people €5.50, young people €3.50. |
Free admission for holders of ICOM, SMD and PRESS cards.
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