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Uskovnica is an Alpine pasture on Pokljuka plain in the Bohinj area, belonging to the village Srednja vas v Bohinju. The majority of the alm cottages are now used as vacation and tourist facilities.

Uskovnica
Alpine pasture
Uskovnica
Uskovnica
Coordinates: 46°19′21″N 13°54′26″E
Country	Slovenia
Region	Upper Carniola
Municipality	Bohinj
Elevation	1,136 m (3,727 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02 (CEST)

History

It was first mentioned in 1489. The name has probably a phytonymic origin. The plain was known to tourists in the 19th century as a point on the path to Triglav. A number of Slovene fiction works use Uskovnica as a setting. Before the World War II there was a hotel.

On November 11th 1944 500 Germans attacked the Jesenice-Bohinj partisan troops settled at Uskovnica. The partisans escaped after short shooting. Janez Oblak (44), a permanent Uskovnica resident, was shot by German soldiers at the entrance into his house and thrown into flames. A monument to 4 victims of Uskovnica has been set close to the abandoned sirarna (cheese cottage). German troops burnt 150 cottages, stalls and haybarns at Uskovnica and took away 40 cows and oxen.

Tourism

After World War II Uskovnica was rebuilt. Some town people bought the ruins where they put up their summer facilities. The mountaineering association of Bohinj built a mountain guest house in 1955. It has two dining rooms that can sit 100 people, 46 beds in 16 rooms and an additional 28 beds in the cheese cottage adjacent to the hut. The hut location: 46°19′13.91″N 13°54′33.98″E

Uskovnica is a starting point for the following tours:

Summits

• Veliki Draški vrh (2243 m), 3h 30 hribi.net
• Viševnik (2050 m), 3h hribi.net
• Tosc (2275 m), 4h hribi.net

Mountain huts

• Blejska koča na Lipanci (1630 m), 4h hribi.net
• Vodnikov dom na Velem polju (1817 m) 3h hribi.net; additional 4 hour are needed to get to Triglav (2864 m)
• Planinska koča na Vojah (690 m), 1h 30 hribi.net
• Zajamniki pasture (1280 m), 1h 15 hribi.net
• hotel Šport, Goreljek pasture (1250 m) hribi.net via Rudno polje 2h 30
• mountain biking tour: Srednja vas-Uskovnica-Rudno polje-Gorjuše-Koprivnik-Češnjica-Srednja vas

Access by car

• from Srednja vas (8 km dust-road, badly maintained at the end, parking place 15 minutes away from the guest house)
• from Rudno polje (3 km of bad dust-road, parking place 15 minutes away from the guest house).

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References

• Koča na Uskovnici mountain hut. Hribi.net.
• Mile Pavlin: Požig Uskovnice [The burning of Uskovnica]. Jeseniško-bohinjski odred. Ljubljana, 1970.

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