| ppegan6. 02. 2026 10:18:30 |
I completely agree, some really always want to be right. Funny how you took offense at the locals. Yes, locals, experts of the area and history told me this and many other interesting things about Komna, can also be uncles if easier to understand. And you doubt it. You know, I wasn't just a casual visitor to Koča pod Bogatinom, but spent 35 summers at Planina na Kraju. In that time I learned many things not written in any literature, I knew all caretakers who of course weren't all locals (I remember best the Carinthian Ani), I walked and explored Komna and nearby and even farther surroundings thoroughly. Komna was my second home. I was so at home there that they put me on the viewpoint, I was 11, posing with the mare Olga, with which they transported goods with lojtrnek from Dom na Komni to Koča pod Bogatinom. In the afternoon I rode it too, as I was crazy about horses. I think you can still buy it in the hut today 
Sometimes, when there was no helicopter supply yet, they transported goods with horses from Dom na Komni to Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih. The late caretaker Janez, a local, let these horses go so they came grazing to our planina, where we caught and rode them. I still remember their names – my favorite was Dingo because he was spotted, and calm Lisko and Dora who was quite wild. When the horses were free for a couple days, Janez took them to Pl. Govnjač to graze on that good grass, as he said. He also took us kids along, so I rode Lisko the whole way to Govnjač. That was an experience On the way Janez explained flowers to us, he especially liked pelin, liked to soak it too  , and other curiosities. And yes, I took away a lot, as it was all new and interesting to me. Also where above Pl. na Kraju there are two snow holes – watch out not to fall in, as the living god won't find you. And where sea remains are clearly visible (shells in the rock), where the meat cooler was during the war, where cement remains are that they carried in sacks, and where snakes hide … I collected all that into a booklet or story about the larch Špiček, old age at Pl. na Kraju, which I wrote as part of a seminar paper for VGN, mentor was Marjeta Keršič Svetel. The booklet was for children, but adults would surely learn something new about Komna, its inhabitants, history, myths and legends. If anyone wants, I can send it in PDF, it's really interesting reading.
Oh, to touch on the naming Turška vratca. Uncles told me they are called that because Turks allegedly fled over there to Trentino. If true, unfortunately I don't know, hence the conditional  But I think oral tradition is a very nice contribution to preserving history. And equally important as written sources. Enough now. Have a nice day further
P.S.: More than a meter of snow has fallen on Komna in the last days, so ski touring beckons, of course when snow conditions stabilize and there's no more (such) avalanche danger.
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