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Kavčnik Homestead in Zavodnje near Šoštanj is a splendid example of Slovene vernacular architecture, with a 400-year-old smokehouse (dimnica or kuhna). It was in use in the Alpine region and is the southernmost surviving example. Kavčnik Homestead is a unique rural architecture that was opened as an open air museum in 1992 and was nominated for the Museum of the Year Award in 1993. As the homestead was inhabited until 1981, the tools, furniture, and living quarters found within still give the impression that somebody is living there.

The entire farm was built around its brick hearth (dimnica), the remaining buildings are wooden including the roofs. Around the main living quarters with a stove, there are a barn, a hayrack (kozolec), herb garden, tool sheds, a grape press, a field toilet ... But the most important and the oldest is the dimnica that prevailed in northern Slovenia from the 11th until the late-18th century when, because of frequent fires, the authorities began to adopt strict measures to ban them. The smokehouse was also called kuhna (a variant of kuhinja meaning kitchen) by former inhabitants, its little window with its 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. At that time it was the only living quarter in the Kavčnik homestead.

By prior appointment, the museum staff can light the fire in the hearth and visitors may also roast apples on the open fire, providing a truly authentic experience of the simplicity of life in the past. Visitors, however, may rethink their romantic impressions when the smoke hanging in the air starts to aggravate their eyes and lungs.

External links

Kavčnik Homestead on Velenje Museum web page
Kavčnik Homestead on Wikipedija (in Slovenian)

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-[[Kavčnik Homestead]] in Zavodnje near Šoštanj is a splendid example of Slovene vernacular architecture, with 400 years old smoke house (dimnica or kuhna). 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 [[established::1992]] and was nominated for the Museum of the Year Award in 1993. Homestead was inhabited until 1981. So tools, furniture, living quarters still give an impression that somebody is living there.
+[[Kavčnik Homestead]] in Zavodnje near Šoštanj is a splendid example of Slovene vernacular architecture, with a 400-year-old smokehouse (''dimnica'' or ''kuhna''). It was in use in the Alpine region and is the southernmost surviving example. Kavčnik Homestead is a unique rural architecture that was opened as an open air museum in [[established::1992]] and was nominated for the Museum of the Year Award in 1993. As the homestead was inhabited until 1981, the tools, furniture, and living quarters found within still give the impression that somebody is living there.
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-Whole farm was built around its heart dimnica made out of bricks the rest of the buildings are wooden also the roof. Around main living quarters with a stowe, thare are barn, hayrack, herbal garden, tool sheds, vine press, field toilet ... But most important and the oldest is dimnica that 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. Kuhna as smoke house was called by former inhabitants has little window 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. At that time it was 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. By previous appointment the visitors can also roast apples on a open fire.
+The entire farm was built around its brick hearth (''dimnica''), the remaining buildings are wooden including the roofs. Around the main living quarters with a stove, there are a barn, a hayrack (''kozolec''), herb garden, tool sheds, a grape press, a field toilet ... But the most important and the oldest is the ''dimnica'' that prevailed in northern Slovenia from the 11th until the late-18th century when, because of frequent fires, the authorities began to adopt strict measures to ban them. The smokehouse was also called ''kuhna'' (a variant of ''kuhinja'' meaning kitchen) by former inhabitants, its little window with its 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. At that time it was the only living quarter in the Kavčnik homestead.
+By prior appointment, the museum staff can light the fire in the hearth and visitors may also roast apples on the open fire, providing a truly authentic experience of the simplicity of life in the past. Visitors, however, may rethink their romantic impressions when the smoke hanging in the air starts to aggravate their eyes and lungs.
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 *[http://www.muzej-velenje.si/english/units.php Kavčnik Homestead on Velenje Museum web page]
-*[http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kav%C4%8Dnikova_doma%C4%8Dija Kavčnik Homestead on Wikipedia] (in Slovenian)
+*[http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kav%C4%8Dnikova_doma%C4%8Dija Kavčnik Homestead on Wikipedija] (in Slovenian)
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