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| status       = INFOBOX FERTIK TOPROOFREAD
| maintainer   = Dare Pejić
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{{Infobox
| name                = Birthplace of Janez Jalen
| localname           = Rojstna hiša pisatelja Janeza Jalna
| street              = Rodine 10
| town                = SI-4274 Žirovnica
| telephone           = 386 (0) 4 580 2092, 386 (0) 3 178 7001
| email               = jalen.roj.hisa@gmail.com
| opening hours       = by appointment
| website             = http://visitzirovnica.si/janova-rojstna-hisa-rodine/
| managed by          = Žirovnica Institute for Tourism and Culture
| contacts = {{Contact
| name                = Matjaž Koman
| role                = Director
| email               = matjaz.koman@visitzirovnica.si
}}
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The [[Birthplace of Janez Jalen|birthplace]] of writer, dramatist and priest [[Janez Jalen]] (1891&ndash;1966), which dates from the early 17th century, was declared a cultural monument in 1987, renovated to house the museum in 1992 and opened to the public in [[established::1997]]. 

Every year the museum houses a ''Honey Thread'', the traditional tasting event of different types of honey produced by local beekeepers. Together with the birthplaces of [[Fran Saleški Finžgar]], [[Matija Čop]] and [[France Prešeren]] this house is included on the ''Path of Cultural Heritage'' route in the [[Municipality of Žirovnica]].
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==Collection==
For the collection, the following rooms were arranged: the entrance hall, the open-hearth kitchen, the ''hiša'' (living room) and the ''kamra'' (bedroom). The ambience of the open-hearth kitchen and ''hiša'' is enhanced by original furnishings from the early 20th century and is regularly turned into a "live" museum where bread is baked, fruit dried on the tiled stove, and the table laid with home-made farm products. In the ''kamra'' there is a reconstruction of the writer's study with original pieces of furniture, clothes and some personal belongings, plus an exhibition of most of Jalen's literary legacy (manuscripts, letters, awards, literary works and his library).


== See also ==

*[[Birthplace of France Prešeren]]
*[[Birthplace of Fran Saleški Finžgar]]
*[[Birthplace of Matija Čop]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.zirovnica.eu/a_kultura/k_potkultdediscine.html Birthplace of Janez Jalen web page] (in Slovenian)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janez_Jalen Janez Jalen on Wikipedia]

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