Hayrack
Coordinates: 46°15′4.89″N 14°35′55.36″E / 46.2513583°N 14.5987111°E
- For hayrack ride, sometimes called hayride see Hayride
A kozolec (Slovene: kozolec) is a freestanding vertical drying rack found chiefly in Slovenia. They are permanent structures, primarily made of wood, upon which fodder for animals is dried. Though a practical structure, a kozolec is often artistically designed and handcrafted and is thought by Slovenes to form a distinctive form of vernacular architecture that marks Slovene identity.[1]
The kozolec can be found throughout Slovenia except in the Prekmurje region and the Slovenian Littoral. Kozolci are found in about 80% of Slovenia. Similar forms can be found as well in Friuli in Italy[2] and in the East Tyrol region of Austria. In German, it is called Harpfe or Köse.[3]
Other Slovene names for the kozolec are kazuc, stog and toplar. The former is very colloquial and is usually attached to the single, stretched form known as the enojni kozolec. The stog is commonly found in the Upper Carniola and especially in the area around Studor in the Bohinj region. Toplar is the common name for the double-rack or dvojni kozolec type found in the Lower Carniola. They are not unlike the stog in general form but differ architecturally.[4]
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[edit] Gallery
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A Valvasor copper engraving depicts filling of a hayrack with hay
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A small hayrack filled with hay
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The double-rack (toplar) in Bistrica, Lower Carniola
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A hipped-roof example from the area near Lake Cerknica, Slovenia
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A single-rack type of hayrack in Tacen
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An abandoned hayrack just outside Olševek in winter
[edit] References
- ^ Applegate, Toby Martin, "The Kozolec: Material Culture, Identity, and Social Practice in Slovenia. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2008. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/345
- ^ Renzo Rucli, KOZOLEC monumento dell'architettura rurale. Cooperativa Lipa editrice, 1998
- ^ Neusser-Hromatka, Maria. "Colourful Austria." Innsbruck: Pinguin-Verlag, 1977.
- ^ Applegate, Toby Martin, "The Kozolec: Material Culture, Identity, and Social Practice in Slovenia. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2008. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/345
[edit] Further reading
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- Marjan Mušič, Arhitektura slovenskega kozolca. Cankarjeva založba, Ljubljana, 1970.
- Borut Juvanec, Kozolci: Kratka revizija. Univerza v Ljubljani, 2000.
[edit] External links
- Slovene architecture kozolec By Borut Juvanec - Ljubljana university, Slovenia
- www.Kozolec.si Different types of "toplar" hayracks
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