Kos Manor House

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Kosova graščina, Jesenice

Cesta maršala Tita 64, SI-4270 Jesenice

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The Kos Manor House, built around 1521 by Dietrichstein lords, is one of four so-called "ironworks" manor houses erected in the 16th and early 17th century by the owners of ironworks in Sava, Plavž, Murova, and Javornik. It houses a recent history exhibition of Jesenice and has been managed by Upper Sava Valley Museum, Jesenice since 1984.

History

The house was later named after one of its owners, merchant Frančišek Pavel Kos from Jesenice, who enlarged and renovated it in the neoclassical style in 1821. It was later purchased by the Ruards, ironworks owners and industrialists, and after 1872 by the KID (Kranjska Industrial Society) to provide housing for its executives. Ten years later the manor, its outbuilding, and its garden were purchased by the Municipality of Jesenice and the building was used as a primary school for 30 years. Before the Second World War the house became a court and prison and during the occupation the Germans used it as a transition prison.

Exhibitions

Following the renovation of the building in 1985, today’s three-storey building houses a permanent exhibition of recent history, a reconstruction of a Gestapo prison, a gallery for temporary exhibitions on the ground floor, a multi-purpose room for cultural events and a wedding hall on the second floor. The Jože Bedič’s Geological and Paleontological Collection is also on display.

See also

• Upper Sava Valley Museum, Jesenice

External links

• Kos Manor House web page
• Kos Manor House on Wikipedia