Rakovec, Vitanje

Rakovec
Rakovec Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°26′10″N 15°17′55″E / 46.43611°N 15.29861°E / 46.43611; 15.29861
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Savinja
Municipality	Vitanje
Elevation ^[1]	1,050 m (3,440 ft)

Rakovec (pronounced [ˈɾaːkɔʋəts]; German: Rakowitz^[2]) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Vitanje in northeastern Slovenia. It is now part of the village of Hudinja.^[3] The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.

Geography

Rakovec lies in a cirque in the northern part of Hudinja.^[3] Mount Turn (elevation: 1,463 meters or 4,800 feet) rises north of the settlement. The headwaters of the Hudinja River, a tributary of the Voglajna River, gather along the surrounding slopes,^[1] and the stream then flows through the hamlet and exits the cirque to the southwest.

History

Rakovec was established as a glass-making settlement by the manor in Vitanje in 1781.^[1]^[3] The glassworks was then sold to Raimund Nowakh, and inherited in turn by his son Ignaz and his nephew Raimund. The last owner, Josef Wokaun, abandoned the glassworks in 1874, and in 1888 his widow sold the estate to Count Vincenz von Thurn und Valsassina-Como-Vercelli (1866–1928).^[3]^[4] During the Second World War, the Partisans requisitioned property at the estate and destroyed the telephone connection there, which had been set up in 1921. The estate was nationalized by the new communist government after the war.^[5]

Rakovec was deemed annexed by Hudinja in 1952, ending any existence it had as an independent settlement.^[6]

Cultural heritage

The entire settlement of Rakovec has been registered as cultural heritage due to its historical role in glassmaking and later in forest management.^[7] Individual structures in the settlement that have been given cultural heritage status include the school,^[8] the 19th-century Žagar house,^[9] the 18th-century forestry building,^[10] and the 19th-century water-powered sawmill.^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 568.
^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 53.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Savnik, Roman (1976). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. pp. 295–296.
^ Mauhler, Julija. "Nedelja na Rakovcu". Občina Zreče. Občina Zreče. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ Vončina, Oto (June 19, 2014). "Povzetek o rodbini grofov Thurnov" (PDF). Vitanjčan (46): 18–20. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ Marinković, Dragan (1991). Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990. Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. pp. 42, 85.
^ "Hudinja - Zaselek Rakovec". Register kulturne dediščine. Ministrstvo za kulturo. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ "Hudinja - Šola". Register kulturne dediščine. Ministrstvo za kulturo. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ "Hudinja - Hiša Hudinja 89". Register kulturne dediščine. Ministrstvo za kulturo. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ "Hudinja - Haus v Rakovcu". Register kulturne dediščine. Ministrstvo za kulturo. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ "Hudinja - Žaga v Rakovcu". Register kulturne dediščine. Ministrstvo za kulturo. Retrieved January 22, 2021.