Residential complex "Strženica" Bohinjska Bistrica

BOHINJSKA BISTRICA
Is a village with an eminent position, just a stone's throw from Trieste in Italy and Klagenfurt in Austria, in the heart of the whole Alpine nature, located on the edge of the unforgettable Triglav National Park. It offers thousands of possibilities for relaxation, activity holidays, rambling or mountain trips in the Triglav National Park.

AQUATIC PARK BOHINJ http://www.vodni-park-bohinj.si/
The aquatic Park Bohinj is only 300 m distant from the residential complex of Strzenica.
The aquapark was recognised in the year 2005 as the best swimming baths, in the category of aquatic parks. It offers you swimming pools, saunas, wellness and fitness centres and a nightclub. 

THE SKI-ING CENTRE KOBLA  http://www.bohinj.si/kobla
offers you enjoyment on the well-arranged skiing track, where a skiing school is also organised and hiring of skiing equipment. There is a marvellous view of the highest summit in Slovenia – Triglav and the meltwater Lake Bohinj that assures every skier an unforgettable experience.
Skiing centres offering skiing enjoyment for you in the immediate area also :
VOGEL http://www.vogel.si/
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SORIŠKA PLANINA http://www.bohinj.si/soriska-planina/si/index.htm

MOUNTAIN BIKING  http://www.bohinj.si/sport/gorsko_kolesarjenje_si.html
Numerous forest roads and paths lead to hidden parts of valleys, and trough forests to the vicinity of mountain summits. You can make the trip alone, with your own bike, or you can also rent one, or you can join a group with a professional guide.

BOHINJ AND SURROUNDINGS  http://www.bohinj.si/

BOHINJSKO LAKE http://www.burger.si/TriglavNationalPark/Bohinj/Uvod_Bohinj.htm
in which water surface is reflected the crown of the mountain, lying at the end of two complete valleys. On the lake it is possible to yacht, swim and take panoramic trips.
Better to take in the lake on foot, which is only 6 km distant from your new home.

RIVERS
Savica, Mostnica, Ribnica and Sava Bohinjka
Offer you water sports:
batheing, kayaking, canoeing, rafting, canyoning, white-water rafting, hydrospeed, fishing, fly fishing

POKLJUKA
Is a wooded high plane with peat marshes; on the plane there are a number of wooded roads and ways, where rambling offers enjoyment. Pokljuka is especially known for the production of pianos, which are the highest quality pianos produced genuinely out of the pinewood from Pokljuka. Pokljuka also boasts the world championship in the biathlon.

BLED http://www.bled.si
Bohinjska Bistrica is only 18 km distant from Bled.
With immense natural beauty, Bled, together with its surroundings, ranks among the most beautiful alpine resorts, renowned for its mild, healing climate and thermal lake water. The beauty of the mountains reflected on the lake, the sun, the serenity and the fresh air arouse pleasant feelings in visitors throughout the year, guaranteeing an ideal base or a relaxing break or an active holiday. Bled attracts businessmen, artists, athletes, explorers, sport enthusiasts, the old and the young, from all over the world, enchanting them to return again and again.

The Bled lake with an island  http://www.bled.si/default.asp?id=141
The lake was formed after the recession of the Bohinj glacier. It is up to 2120 m long and up to 1380 m wide, its maximum depth being 30.6 m and tectonic in origin.

Golf http://www.golf.bled.si/
The older Bled course has an area of 65 ha and 18 holes, PAR 73, SSS 73, lenght 6338 m. On the new course, 9 holes of a total of 18 have been completed, PAR 72, SSS 72, lenght 2168 m, area 27 ha. Many international tournaments take place here during the playing season.

TRIGLAV NATIONAL PARK http://www.tnp.si (18.05.2006)
Stane Peterlin, Janez Bizjak

The first proposal for conservation dates from the year 1908, and was realised in 1924. Then, on the initiative taken by the Nature Protection Section of the Museological Society of Slovenia together with the Slovene Alpine Society, a twenty year lease was taken out on the Triglav Lakes Valley area, some 1400 hectares: It was destined to become an "Alpine Protection Park", however permanent conservation was not possible, in 1961, after many years of effort, the protection was renewed this time on a permanent bases and somewhat enlarged, embracing some 2000 hectares. The protected area was officially designated as "The Triglav National Park". Under this act, however, all objectives of a true national park were not attained and for this reason over the next two decades, new proposals for the extension and rearrangement of the protection were put forward. Finally, in 1981, a rearrangement was achieved and the park was given a new concept and enlarged to 838 square kilometres the area which it continues to cover to this day. 

The park is named after Mt Triglavu (2864m), symbol of the Slovenia, which is situated almost in the middle of the protected territory. From it the valleys spread out radial, supplying water to two large river Systems which have theirsources in the Julian Alps: the Soca river and the Sava river flowing to the Adriatic and Black Sea respectively.

With the exeption of the Lake Bled all of Slovenia's glacial lakes lie within the Triglav National Park, from the Lake Bohinj, the largest one, to the groups of ponds known as the Triglavska jezera (the Triglav Lakes), Kriska jezera (the Kriz Lakes), and Krnska jezera (the Krn Lakes) all situated high in the mountains. Among the park's water phenomena attention should be paid to its picturesque waterfalls: the Savica in the Bohinj Area; the two Pericnik waterfalls in the Vrata valley; the Sum waterfall in the Vintgar ravine; the Skocniki waterfalls in Beli Potok, the two in Martuljek and Nadiza waterfall in the Tamar valley. Some rivers have sections which have cut deep gorges with sheer rock faces. Such gorges or ravines can be found in the Soca river basin, in the Trenta valley, along the Koritnica near Kluze and at the confluence of the Soca and the Zadlascica rivers. On the Radovna river there is the well known Vintgar ravine near Bled as well as the Mostnica ravine in the Bohinj area.

Limestones predominate in the Park - as elsewhere in the Julian Alps, these rocks are, for the most part, sediments from the Triassic period some 200 million years ago. In some places the limestons were deposited in thick layers, as can be seen in the rocks of Triglav North Face and the massive rock out of which Kanjavec and Travnik were sculpted. At other places, however, the sedimentations are not in layers but unstratified. Interesting fossils can be found in the less frequent Jurassic layers (for instance, the ammonites in the Triglav Lakes Valley). Notwithstanding its considerable fossil uniformity, from the topographic and geomorphic aspects the Julian Alps are still very diversified. In addition to the famous peak of Triglav, the most picturesque peaks and mountain groupings within the Park are Jalovec (2645m) and Mangart (2679) in the north-western part; Prisojnik (2547m), Razor (2601m), Skrlatica (2738m) and the Martuljek Group with Spik (2472m) on the northern side; Kanjavec (2568m) and Lepo Spicje (2398m) in the central part, and the long Bohinj mountain-ridge together with Krn (2244m) on the southern edge. The relief of the Julian Alps in very dissected, there are steep and deeply cut valleys, their slopes having been smoothed down by glaciers and the bottoms are flat and enlarged or covered with the sediments originating from glacial and postglacial periods. The only large plateau is that of the wooded Pokljuka, situated about 1200m above sea-level. The other high-mountain plateaus are smaller and many are of a very well developed karst type. In fact most of the Park area is exceptionally rich in various karst phenomena, including a special type of the mountain karst.

The attention of European botanist, visiting the Julian Alps at the end of the 18th century, was attracted by its rich flora and found new indigenous species there. The flora in the park area is for the most part alpine but due to its marginal situation and vicinity to the Mediterranean region an intertwingig with the neighbouring floral regions-occurs. Particulary frequent are islands of thermophile vegetation with the illyric and even with submediterranean species. The grassland of Crna prst, the slopes of Krn, Rdeci rob and of Mangart are well-known for their rich flora.(Photos:1 2)

Similar findings as those for the flora can be claimed for the Park's fauna. The are richly represented and there are many indigenous species. Among the the Soca trout, the golden eagle, the capercaillie and the black grouse are especially well known. Among the other game the most characteristic and most numerous are species of chamois. In recent decades some alien and other species which long ago become extinct in this parts such as the ibex, the marmot and the mufflon have been reintroduced into the Park.

In the past the narrow valleys of the Julian Alps did not offer favourable conditions for settlement. However traces of older settlements can be found, particulary in the Bovec basin, the Bohinj area and the Upper Sava river valley. The mountain way of life has given an indelible stamp to this mountainous region. A great part was played by cattle-breeding and very early on the inhabitants pastured their cattle in the mountains (the pastures on the slope of Krn were first mentioned in 1178), and established seasonal hamlets in the high mountain pastures. From very early times people were also engaged in producing iron, they found ore in the vicinity of their residences, smelted and then traded iron products. This economic activity reached its climax in the 15th and 16th centuries when the ironworks beside the rivers in the Trenta valley, in the Bohinj area and in the Jesenice basin were established. At the same time, the forests were thinned extensively to obtain charcoal from wood for the needs of the iron working industry. On account of a lack of ore and timber the ironworks of Trenta was closed in 1778, while obsolete technology and arrival of the railway, led to the closing of the ironworks of Bohinj in 1868.

Both World Wars fatally interfered with this landscape and people, leaving consequences which are still felt today. In the First World War one of the bloodiest battle fronts in Europe along the Soca river, and both the warring sides, Italy and the former Austro-Hugary, suffered about one million casualties there. Today we can still find a number of burial-grounds, strongholds, fortifications and paths.

The cultural heritage of the Park is represented by the settlements which have their own characteristic rural architecture and churches, while nearby are dairy farms and adjacent alpine pastures. The remains of the ironworks, monuments to both World Wars and a battle from the Napoleonic period (at Predel) can also be found within the Park. We can also find some sites of archaeological interest dating from very ancient times.

A characteristic feature of the Slovene Alps was development of mountaineering. It is one of the oldest and most popular activities in the country which led to the foundation of the famous Slovene Alpine Society. This Society played a special role in the awakening of the Slovene national consciousness during the period of Austro-Hungarian rule. The interest taken mountaineering in the Slovene Alps went parallel with that taken of the Central Alps. In 1778 four local men from Bohinj were successful in making the first ascent of Triglav. The first Alpine Society, named Triglavski prijatelji (The Triglav Friends) was set up at Bohinj-Srednja vas in 1872. The first mountain huts within the Park area were built at the end of the last century and rapidly spread after 1893 when the Slovene Alpine Society was founded. Today, the whole of the Julian Alps are traversed by the uniformly marked alpine paths. These range from those for horses to those marked on the rocks for walkers and mountaineers. Within the Park area the Alpine Association of Slovenia runs 32 alpine houses and huts.