002.96.Idrija

Komunala d.o.o., Carl Jakoba 4, SI-5280 Idrija. Individual apartments owners.

Private

EŠD 13815

Mine, Daily life

The one-storey apartment block has a rectangular floor plan, basement and common areas and also a steep double-eaved roof. The only decor is a simple wall wreath, which divides the floor and window frames, all made within the plaster. The original dimensions were preserved. The roof incline and the façade openings were partially modified. The wooden woodsheds are next to the block of flats. Aesthetically designed and functional architecture modelled by the workers’ district, represents the completed urban whole. The memorial plaque, with the carved names of the killed combatants in the National Liberation Army, is mounted on the northern external wall.

Building area: 542 m2, height 11.3 m. Apartment size: 47–52.5 m2.

Stone, brick, concrete, floor foundation, wood.

1898

Idrija Mercury Mine

The block of flats is an example of preserved worker’s apartments, originally 16, which was built by the Idrija Mercury Mine in the years 1872–1933, in order to improve the living standard of the miners. They had a common lobby, a kitchen with a cooker (living area), one big and one small room with modest equipment. The toilet was shared by two and the bathroom by four families. The water was gathered from water well. The laundry facility near the block of flats was common for all the residents. Behind the block of flats, huts (for the firewood or breeding domestic animals) were located. The rent, similar to that for the miners’ houses, was the only liability of the tenants to the owner. Married miners were entitled to the apartments. Those with a longer period of service at the Mine and those with larger families had the advantages in being granted an apartment. In case of illness, retirement or death of a miner, his family had to move out of the apartment within three months.

The residential block is being preserved, secured and presented as important mining heritage of Idrija with exceptional universal values. Today, the building has 14 apartments with basement premises. The apartments are connected with a hallway (shared). The private dental clinic is on the ground floor of the building (at the address Henrik Freyer 11). Inside the building, the apartments were partially modified and modernised. The obsolete windows were renovated. Roofing was replaced. In the context of the mining activity, the building is an important witness of the life of the mining families throughout the history of the Mine and of the development of the residential culture of the working class.

2357 Idrija - town, lot no. 1557 (building no. 1994).

No changes.

The roof was replaced. The facade was partially changed.

medium/acceptable

Performing regular maintenance services in accordance with the guidelines of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, including the status control and preservation, security and presentation of the heritage.

- The Cultural Heritage Register of the Republic of Slovenia.

Mestni muzej Idrija

Miha Kosmač

3. 3. 2018

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