Simončič Hayrack

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

^ ^a ^b "Bistrica pri Mokronogu - Simončičev toplar". Register nepremične kulturne dediščine [Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage] (in Slovenian). Retrieved 11 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b Rajšek, Bojan (24 June 2012). "Kozolci ne bodo več propadali". Delo.si (in Slovenian).
^ ^a ^b Lindič-Dragaš, Zdenka (4 July 2012). "V muzeju kozolcev bo mogoče prespati prihodnje leto". Delo.si (in Slovenian).
^ ^a ^b Lamovšek, Alenka. "ToplART galerija – dober primer uporabe kozolca". Rast - revija za kulturo, umetnost in družbena vprašanja (in Slovenian). Retrieved 11 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b Lukić, Dijana. "Simončičev kozolec". DEDI - enciklopedija naravne in kulturne dediščine na Slovenskem (in Slovenian). Retrieved 11 June 2013.