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A collection of nails in the blacksmith's museum Kropa Iron Forging Museum in Radovljica

Located in the narrow valley beneath the Jelovica plateau, the town of Kropa has preserved the appearance of an old iron-making settlement and since 1953 has been protected as important state cultural monument. The Kropa Iron Forging Museum was established in 1952 as the first technical museum in situ. It was founded on the endeavours of locals and experts, especially Franjo Baš who was at that time director of the Technical Museum of Slovenia.

The Iron Forging Museum is located in the old 18th-century forging house known as Klinar House (a very well preserved mansion by a forge owner) and is nowadays administered by Radovljica Municipality Museums. It covers the technical and historical development of iron-working from iron ore to nail.

Collection

The museum introduces the commercial, social, demographic, and cultural circumstances of the settlement and neighbouring sites from the 15th century to the close of the iron foundry tradition in the 19th century and the downfall of nail-making handicraft in the 20th century. The museum also features a special collection of artistically-forged iron objects made by master blacksmith Joža Bertoncelj.

Of the many nail forges only the vigenjc Vice has remained and is now a dislocated technical monument of the Kropa Iron Forging Museum. It is an authentically preserved building, built in brick and wood from the 18th century, where visitors can see the manual forging of spikes and nails with an old furnace and tools (by appointment).

The Kropa Iron Forging Museum displays a part of the legacy of Joža Bertoncelj (1901–1976), a prominent Slovene metal-working artisan.

A brief history of Kropa forging

Notable development of the town of Kropa begun in the 14th century. The "Slovene Furnace" is an important archaeological finding that was discovered during excavations for the road towards Jamnik village above Kropa and shows how iron was forged in the Middle Ages. In the 15th century already two iron forging furnaces and blacksmith workshops existed. The peak of iron forging was in the 18th and 19th century two iron foundries, 7 forge semi-manufactures (cajnarica) and 19 spike-forges (vigenjc) were operating and employed about 1000 people. At the end of the 19th century, industrialisation changed the iron foundry into an industry cooperative (1893) which later in the 20th century became the Plamen Screw Factory.

Vigenjc Vice, a restored smithy for nail-making that dates back to the 18th century.

External links

Gallery

A collection of nails in the blacksmith's museum Kropa Iron Forging Museum in Radovljica

Detail Spomenik NOB (A monument to the National Liberation Struggle) built in 1966, architect Albert Sušnik, sculptors Marija Keržič and Stane Keržič. Kropa Iron Forging Museum in Radovljica

The term vigenjc – denoting a nail-smithy – is a rare word that was only used in Kropa and a couple of neighbouring settlements. During the 19th century Kropa had 19 such establishments, each of them having their own name. This is the only remaining one, named Vice.

A restored orchestrion from the early 20th century that is still playing eight different tunes, inscribed in small nails.

The Kropa Iron Forging Museum displays a part of the legacy of Joža Bertoncelj (1901–1976), a prominent Slovene metal-working artisan.

A model of the town of Kropa below an originally preserved cassette ceiling decorating the mansion that hosts the Kropa Iron Forging Museum.

The Kropa Iron Forging Museum portrays the historic development of iron casting by different replicas of the technology used.

The Kropa Iron Forging Museum offers various souvenirs related to decorative metalwork. This particular candlestick is based on a design by the renowned architect [[::Category:Plečnik_heritage|Jože Plečnik]].

A souvenir available at the Kropa Iron Forging Museum: hand-made nails.

Vigenjc Vice, a restored smithy for nail-making that dates back to the 18th century.

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-Located in the narrow valley beneath the Jelovica plateau, Kropa has preserved the appearance of an old iron-making settlement. The themes of the museum cover the technical and historical development of iron-working from iron ore to nail. The museum introduces the commercial, social, demographic and cultural circumstances of the settlement and neighbouring sites from the 15th century to the close of the iron foundry tradition in the 19th century and the downfall of nail-making handicraft in the 20th century. The museum also features a special collection of artistically-forged iron objects made by master blacksmith Joža Bertoncelj.  The Slovene furnace, a technical monument from the 13th century, is located nearby some 500 meters uphill.
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-== History==
+{{Wide Image|Kropa Iron Forging Museum 2008 Collection of nails.JPG}}
-Important archaeological finding of how iron was forged in middle ages is so called Slovene furnace from 13th century that was found during excavations for the road towards Selca. Notable development of town Kropa begun in 14th century. In 15th century already two iron forging furnaces and blacksmith workshops existed. Peak of iron forging was in 18th and 19th century
-Razvijati se je začela v 14. stoletju, v 15. stoletju sta tam že delovali dve fužini in kovačnice.obratovali sta obe fužini, sedem cajnaric (kovačnice za polizdelke) in 19 vigenjcev (kovačnice za žeblje). Ob koncu 19. stoletja sta fužini zaradi krize in pomanjkanja rude morali prenehati z delom, kovači pa so rešitev našli v ustanovitvi žebljarske zadruge, ki je pomenila začetek industrializacije.
+Located in the narrow valley beneath the Jelovica plateau, the town of Kropa has preserved the appearance of an old iron-making settlement and since 1953 has been protected as important state cultural monument. The [[Kropa Iron Forging Museum]] was established in [[established ::1952]] as the first technical museum ''in situ''. It was founded on the endeavours of locals and experts, especially [[Franjo Baš]] who was at that time director of the [[Technical Museum of Slovenia]].
-Kovaški muzej KropaKovaški muzej Kropa prikazuje tehnično-zgodovinski razvoj obdelave železa od rude do žeblja, gospodarske, socialne, demografske in kulturne razmere v Kropi in sosednjih železarskih naseljih od 15. stoletja do propada fužin v 19. in ročnega žebljarstva v 20. stoletju. Kot prvi tehniški muzej na Slovenskem je bil odprt leta 1952 na pobudo domačinov in strokovne javnosti, ki se je pod vodstom prof. Franja Baša, prvega ravnatelja Tehniškega muzeja Slovenije, prizadevala za ohranjanje tehniške dediščine »in situ«. Posebno zbirko predstavljajo umetniško kovani izdelki iz železa mojstra Joža Bertonclja. Danes muzej deluje v okviru Muzejev radovljiške občine, zaradi svoje posebne vsebine pa je vključen v državno muzejsko mrežo.
+The Iron Forging Museum is located in the old 18th-century forging house known as Klinar House (a very well preserved mansion by a forge owner) and is nowadays administered by [[Radovljica Municipality Museums]]. It covers the technical and historical development of iron-working from iron ore to nail.
+}}
-Večji del današnje podobe je muzej dobil po prenovi leta 1972. V prvem nadstropju so z dokumenti in predmeti predstavljene osnove železarstva v Kropi, Kamni Gorici in Kolnici ter razvoj industrijskega zadružništva, z maketami pa delovanje fužine (Zgornja fužina), vigenjcev in mehov. Maketa v salonu prikazuje Kropo v prvi polovici 19. stoletja. Leta 1975 je muzej postal bogatejši za 42 del mojstra umetniškega kovaštva Joža Bertonclja. Predstavljeni so v posebni sobi v muzeju.
-zbirka zebljevV drugem nadstropju je v etnološki sobi prikazano življenje kroparskih kovačev, njihovih šeg in navad s predmeti vsakdanje rabe.
-V zbirki žebljev je na ogled 94 vrst ohranjenih žebljev, od najmanjših za podtemlanje čevljev do največjih žebljev za gradnjo jezov, dolgih do 70 cm.
+==Collection==
+The museum introduces the commercial, social, demographic, and cultural circumstances of the settlement and neighbouring sites from the 15th century to the close of the iron foundry tradition in the 19th century and the downfall of nail-making handicraft in the 20th century. The museum also features a special collection of artistically-forged iron objects made by master blacksmith [[Joža Bertoncelj]].
-Zbirka zebljevRazstavljeni so tudi vzorci čevljarskih žebljev planinčarjev, zadnjih ročno kovanih žebljev, ki so jih v Kropi izdelovali do leta 1950.
+Of the many nail forges only the ''vigenjc'' Vice has remained and is now a dislocated technical monument of the Kropa Iron Forging Museum. It is an authentically preserved building, built in brick and wood from the 18th century, where visitors can see the manual forging of spikes and nails with an old furnace and tools (by appointment).
-V drugem nadstropju se nahaja še soba za občasne in gostujoče razstave. Od julija 2008 je v muzeju urejena tudi projekcijska soba v pritličju. Na ogled sta dva slovenska filma Milke in Metoda Badjure, Koledniki iz leta 1954 in Kroparski kovači iz leta 1967, prostor pa je namenjen tudi muzejskim predavanjem in predstavitvam.
+{{Wide image|Kropa Iron Forging Museum 2011 The legacy of Joža Bertoncelj (1901–1976).JPG}}
-Muzej se že od odprtja nahaja v prostorih Klinarjeve hiše na Placu, osrednjem delu starega trškega jedra Krope.
+==A brief history of Kropa forging==
-Klinarjeva hiša Klinarjeva hiša iz konca 18. stoletja je primer ene bolj mogočnih fužinarskih hiš, katerih zunanjost zaznamujejo kamnoseški detajli iz zelenega kamna in kovani dodatki, notranjost pa členitev na stanovanjski del hišnega posestnika in prostore njegovih najemnikov, delavcev. V prvem nadstropju, kjer je bilo stanovanje fužinarjeve družine, se je ohranila značilna osrednja soba, salon, ki ga odlikuje kasetiran strop, dopolnjen s tremi baročnimi oljnimi platni.
+Notable development of the town of Kropa begun in the 14th century. The "Slovene Furnace" is an important archaeological finding that was discovered during excavations for the road towards Jamnik village above Kropa and shows how iron was forged in the Middle Ages. In the 15th century already two iron forging furnaces and blacksmith workshops existed. The peak of iron forging was in the 18th and 19th century two iron foundries, 7 forge semi-manufactures (''cajnarica'') and 19 spike-forges (''vigenjc'') were operating and employed about 1000 people. At the end of the 19th century, industrialisation changed the iron foundry into an industry cooperative (1893) which later in the 20th century became the Plamen Screw Factory.
+{{Wide image|Kropa Iron Forging Museum 2017 The inside of a nail-smithy.JPG}}
 ==See Also==
+*[[Radovljica Municipality Museums]]
+*[[Podgoršek Blacksmith's Museum, Pišece]]
+*[[Blacksmith Museum, Ljutomer]]
 ==External links==
-* [http://www.muzeji-radovljica.si/5m_kovaski/5kovaski_uvod.html Kropa Iron Forging Museum]
+* [http://mro.si/english/ Kropa Iron Forging Museum web page]
-* [http://www.muzeji-radovljica.si/burger/v_kovaski_m/360Kov9_2.html, Burger VR panoramas Kropa Iron Forging Museum]
+* [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kropa Town of Kropa photos on Wikimedia Commons]
+* [http://tripedia.info/attraction/iron-forging-museum/ The Iron Forging Museum at Tripedia ]
+{{Gallery}}
 [[Category:Museums]]
+[[Category:Specialised museums]]
+[[Category:Industrial and technical heritage]]
+[[Category:Updated 2017]]

Difference between revisions of "Kropa Iron Forging Museum"

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Contents

Collection

A brief history of Kropa forging

See Also

External links

Gallery

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