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| localname          = Kavčnikova domačija
 
| localname          = Kavčnikova domačija
 
| street address      = Zavodnje 43, Sl-3325 Šoštanj, Slovenia
 
| street address      = Zavodnje 43, Sl-3325 Šoštanj, Slovenia
| telephone          = 386 (0) 3 898 2640, 386 (0) 3 898 2630, 386 (0) 3 898 2637
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| telephone          = 386 (0) 3 898 2630
| proprietor         = Velenje Museum
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| fax                = 386 (0) 3 898 2640
| contact            = Curator
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| email              = info@muzej-velenje.si
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| website            = http://www.muzej-velenje.si/
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| managed by         = Velenje Museum
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| opening hours      = Thu to Sun, 10am to 5pm, opened only from 1st May to 30th of September
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| contacts = {{Contact
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| name                = Damijan Kljajič
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| role                = Director
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| email              = damijan.kljajic@muzej-velenje.si
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[[Kavčnik Homestead]] is a splendid example of Slovene vernacular architecture, specifically the dimnica (wooden open-hearth house) architecture of the Alpine region, of which it forms the southernmost surviving example. It was opened in 1992 and was nominated for the Museum of the Year Award in 1993.
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[[Kavčnik Homestead]] is a splendid example of Slovene vernacular architecture, with 400 years old smoke house (dimnica). It was in use in the Alpine region and is unique and southernmost surviving example. [[Kavčnik Homestead]] is a unique rural architecture that was opened as open air museum in [[establihed ::1992]] and was nominated for the Museum of the Year Award in 1993.    
 
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Buildings of this type prevailed in Slovenia until the late 18th century when, because of frequent fires, the authorities began to adopt strict measures to ban them. They were subsequently replaced by buildings with a more modern layout and a stone-built open-hearth kitchen.
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Buildings of Dimnica prevailed in northern Slovenia from 11th until the late 18th century when, because of frequent fires, the authorities began to adopt strict measures to ban them. They were subsequently replaced by buildings with a more modern layout and a stone-built open-hearth kitchen.
  
 
The oldest part of the homestead is the dimnica (the owners appropriately called it the kuhna or kitchen); the little windows in the dimnica with their unique sliding mechanism, and details of the wooden hinges at the entrance door to the shed, confirm that the core of the building, including the shed, probably dates from the 17th century. The preserved dimnica was at that time the only living quarter in the Kavčnik homestead. Nowadays, the fire is kept burning in the hearth, filling the room with smoke. Red eyes and irritated lungs do not fail to convince the visitor that life may have been much more relaxed in the past, but hardly as romantic as we like to imagine.
 
The oldest part of the homestead is the dimnica (the owners appropriately called it the kuhna or kitchen); the little windows in the dimnica with their unique sliding mechanism, and details of the wooden hinges at the entrance door to the shed, confirm that the core of the building, including the shed, probably dates from the 17th century. The preserved dimnica was at that time the only living quarter in the Kavčnik homestead. Nowadays, the fire is kept burning in the hearth, filling the room with smoke. Red eyes and irritated lungs do not fail to convince the visitor that life may have been much more relaxed in the past, but hardly as romantic as we like to imagine.
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== See also ==
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== External links ==
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[[http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kav%C4%8Dnikova_doma%C4%8Dija Kavčnik Homestead on Wikipedia] in Slovene
  
 
[[Category:Monuments and sites]]
 
[[Category:Monuments and sites]]

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Kavčnikova domačija
Zavodnje 43, Sl-3325 Šoštanj, Slovenia,
Phone386 (0) 3 898 2630
Managed byVelenje Museum
Damijan Kljajič, Director







Kavčnik Homestead is a splendid example of Slovene vernacular architecture, with 400 years old smoke house (dimnica). It was in use in the Alpine region and is unique and southernmost surviving example. Kavčnik Homestead is a unique rural architecture that was opened as open air museum in 1992 and was nominated for the Museum of the Year Award in 1993.


Buildings of Dimnica prevailed in northern Slovenia from 11th until the late 18th century when, because of frequent fires, the authorities began to adopt strict measures to ban them. They were subsequently replaced by buildings with a more modern layout and a stone-built open-hearth kitchen.

The oldest part of the homestead is the dimnica (the owners appropriately called it the kuhna or kitchen); the little windows in the dimnica with their unique sliding mechanism, and details of the wooden hinges at the entrance door to the shed, confirm that the core of the building, including the shed, probably dates from the 17th century. The preserved dimnica was at that time the only living quarter in the Kavčnik homestead. Nowadays, the fire is kept burning in the hearth, filling the room with smoke. Red eyes and irritated lungs do not fail to convince the visitor that life may have been much more relaxed in the past, but hardly as romantic as we like to imagine.

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