Hayrack

A hayrack (

Slovenes as a distinctive form of vernacular architecture that marks Slovene identity.^[1]

Distribution

The hayrack can be found throughout Slovenia except in the

East Tyrol region of Austria. In German, it is called Harpfe or Köse.^[3]

Slovenian names for the hayrack include kozolec and kazuc (colloquial, usually referring to a single straight-line hayrack), stog (commonly found in Upper Carniola and especially in the area around Studor in the Bohinj region), and toplar.^[1] Both kozolec and kozuc are probably diminutive forms of kozel 'goat', referring to a branching structure used for holding and drying hay or grain (cf. the similarly motivated German Sägebock and U.S. English sawbuck).^[4] The word stog also refers to a haystack and is derived from Common Slavic stogъ 'stack, heap'.^[4] The word toplar (or doplar) is borrowed from Austrian German Doppler, referring to a double structure in general.^[4]

Specific varieties of hayrack include:

Single straight-line hayrack (enojni stegnjeni kozolec)^[5]
Single straight-line hayrack with
catslide roof (stegnjeni kozolec s plaščem)^[5]

Double straight-line hayrack (dvojni stegnjeni kozolec)[5]
Roofed double hayrack (dvojni vezani kozolec)^[5]
Roofed double hayrack with one strut (dvojni vezani kozolec v eno drevo)^[5]
Roofed double hayrack with two struts (dvojni vezani kozolec v dve drevesi, toplar)^[5]
Roofed double hayrack with extension (toplar z repom)^[6]
Roofed double hayrack with shed (kozolec s hišo)^[6]
Split-level double hayrack (kozolec na kozla, kozolec na psa)^[5]

Single straight-line hayrack
Single straight-line hayrack with
catslide roof
Double straight-line hayrack
Roofed double hayracks
Roofed double hayrack with two struts
Roofed double hayrack with extension
Roofed double hayrack with shed
Split-level double hayrack

Open-air museum

From 2010 until 2013, the Municipality of

Land of Hayracks" (slovene: Dežela kozolcev) in the southern part of Šentrupert, its administrative centre. The collection includes 19 hay drying devices, which includes 17 hayracks, with the oldest from 1795, and presents all types of hayracks. The museum also serves as a venue for events.^[7] The main organiser of the project was Rupert Gole, the mayor of Šentrupert. Over 650 hayracks have been counted in the Mirna Valley, where the settlement lies. The largest of them and in the entire country is the Simončič Hayrack.^[8]

Gallery

A Valvasor copperplate engraving depicts filling a hayrack with hay
An abandoned single straight-line hayrack just outside Olševek in winter
Double hayrack in Motnik, Tuhinj Valley

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Applegate, Toby Martin (2008). "he Kozolec: Material Culture, Identity, and Social Practice in Slovenia". Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee. Trace.tennessee.edu.
^ Renzo Rucli, KOZOLEC monumento dell'architettura rurale. Cooperativa Lipa editrice, 1998
^ Neusser-Hromatka, Maria. "Colourful Austria." Innsbruck: Pinguin-Verlag, 1977.
^ ^a ^b ^c Snoj, Marko. 2003. Slovenski etimološki slovar. Ljubljana: Modrijan.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Oblak, Matija (2009). "Kozolec. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za gradbeništvo in geodezijo" (PDF) (in Slovenian).
^ ^a ^b "Kozolec | Slovenski etnografski muzej" (in Slovenian). Etno-muzej.si. Archived from the original on 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
^ "Na Dolenjskem raste prvi muzej kozolcev na svetu" [In the Lower Carniola Grows The First Ever Museum of Hayracks]. MMC RTV Slovenija (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 2 July 2012.
^ Rajšek, Bojan (24 June 2012). "Kozolci ne bodo več propadali" [Kozolci Will Not Decay Anymore]. Delo.si (in Slovenian).

External links

kozolec.si - Various types of hayracks.

[Applegate-1] Applegate, Toby Martin (2008). "he Kozolec: Material Culture, Identity, and Social Practice in Slovenia". Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee. Trace.tennessee.edu.

[2] Renzo Rucli, KOZOLEC monumento dell'architettura rurale. Cooperativa Lipa editrice, 1998

[3] Neusser-Hromatka, Maria. "Colourful Austria." Innsbruck: Pinguin-Verlag, 1977.

[Snoj-4] Snoj, Marko. 2003. Slovenski etimološki slovar. Ljubljana: Modrijan.

[Oblak-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Oblak, Matija (2009). "Kozolec. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za gradbeništvo in geodezijo" (PDF) (in Slovenian).

[SEM-6] "Kozolec | Slovenski etnografski muzej" (in Slovenian). Etno-muzej.si. Archived from the original on 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2014-03-12.

[7] "Na Dolenjskem raste prvi muzej kozolcev na svetu" [In the Lower Carniola Grows The First Ever Museum of Hayracks]. MMC RTV Slovenija (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 2 July 2012.

[8] Rajšek, Bojan (24 June 2012). "Kozolci ne bodo več propadali" [Kozolci Will Not Decay Anymore]. Delo.si (in Slovenian).

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