Kos Manor House

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Kosova graščina, Jesenice

Cesta maršala Tita 64, SI-4270 Jesenice

http://www.gornjesavskimuzej.si

tajnistvo@gornjesavskimuzej.si

Phone386 (0) 4 583 2061

Managed byUpper Sava Valley Museum, Jesenice

Irena Lačen Benedičič, Director

Kos Manor House is one of four so-called 'ironworks' manor houses erected in the 16th-early 17th century by the owners of ironworks in Sava, Plavž, Murova and Javornik. It was the first to be built (in 1521) and is mentioned in 18th-century sources such as the 'Old Bela pec Manor'.

The house was later named after one of its owners, merchant Francišek Pavel Kos from Jesenice, who enlarged and renovated it in the Classicist style in 1821. It was later purchased by the Ruards, ironworks owners and industrialists, and after 1872 by the Carnolian Industrial Association to provide housing for its executives. Ten years later the manor, its outbuilding and 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. Following the renovation of the building in 1985, it became a permanent museum of recent history.

The war years are documented in the exhibition entitled 'Occupation Terror in the Years 1941-1945' which is installed on the ground floor. The remaining three rooms on the ground floor have been remodelled into a gallery. On the first floor is a permanent exhibition entitled 'The Workers' Movements and the National Fight for Independence in Jesenice'. The second floor houses a multipurpose room for cultural events and a wedding hall.

In addition to the regular museum programme some special exhibitions are staged in the ground floor gallery. Opening ceremonies accompanied by cultural programmes are held every month in the entrance hall.