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Kronika: časopis za slovensko krajevno zgodovino


This work by Jurij Šilc is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International

The author presents the 800-years history of the crossing of the river of Sava under Šmarna gora. Around the year 1200, the inhabitants of Planina near Sevnica built at that place a ferry, which was at the end of the 13th century sold to the Ljubljana patrician Marsa Porgar and later became the property of the lords of the Smlednik castle. In 1844 baron Lazarini built on the spot a wooden bridge and collected bridge toll for crossing the river. In autumn 1907, the risen river partly demolished the bridge. The district road committee bought off the bridge and with the help of the state and province built on the same place a new iron bridge. At the eightieth anniversary of the emperor Francis Joseph I., the bridge was opened for use. It served its purpose for nearly 70 years, until it was withdrawn in 1978 for the present ferroconcrete bridge.