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| status       = 
| maintainer   = Janez Premk
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{{Infobox
| name                = Kajžnk Manor House
| local name          = Kajžnkova hiša, Rateče
| street              = Rateče 43
| town                = SI-4283 Rateče-Planica
| telephone           = 386 (0) 4 587 6148
| email               = muzej.ratece@gmj.si
| website             = http://www.gmj.si/
| managed by          = Upper Sava Valley Museum, Jesenice
| opening hours       = 10am–4pm Tue–Sat. For announced groups by appointment.
| contacts = {{Contact
| name                = Irena Lačen Benedičič
| role                = Director
}}
}}

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[[Kajžnk Manor House]], situated in the centre of Rateče at the three-country border of Slovenia, Italy and Austria in the [[Municipality of Kranjska Gora]], houses an ethnological museum collection, representing the heritage of Rateče. The house was built at the turn of the 18th century and is now declared a local cultural monument together with the collection inside, established in [[established::2006]] by the [[Upper Sava Valley Museum, Jesenice]].
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== History ==
Kajžnik house is named Kajžnk in a local pronunciation. It was adapted several times, in the 19th and the 20th centuries and most recently in 1995&ndash;2004 after a fire, when it was purchased and renovated by the [[Municipality of Kranjska Gora]]. The two-storey masonry building with a wooden corridor at the gable and a typical ground floor plan (room [''hiša''] with closet [''kamra''], entrance hall with a black kitchen [''črna kuhinja''], and granary [''kašča'']) represents a well-preserved example of vernacular residential architecture for a typical middle-class farming family. Notable façade elements also include a stonework entry portal, frescoes of Saint Florian, and a sundial.

== Collections ==
The ethnological collection consists of 400 objects of folk customs, dresses, and other handicraft items of the Rateče area. On the ground floor is a reconstruction of a black kitchen and pantry, furnished with authentic period furniture, tools and other equipment. On the first floor there is a multi-purpose room with a tourist-information corner, where different workshops, meetings, and temporary exhibitions take place. The smaller room houses a historical outline of Rateče. In the attic is an ethnological archive, including a rare 80-year-old film recording of village life, and a computer experience of Planica ski jumps.

== See also ==
* [[Upper Sava Valley Museum, Jesenice]]

== External links ==
* [https://www.gmj.si/en/muzej-ratece/ Kajžnk Manor House web page] 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kajžnk_House Kajžnk Manor House on Wikipedia]


[[Category:Museums]]
[[Category:Monuments and sites]]
[[Category:Ethnographic museums and collections]]
[[Category:Updated 2020]]