Between War and Peace

Between War and Peace

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Between War and Peace

Between War and Peace

Between War and Peace

The military legacy of Vršič and its surroundings

The research allowed for insights into the organisation of this strategically important area, the hinterland of the First World War and for the understanding of micro-locations featuring military legacy dating back to more than a hundred years. At the same time, the research demonstrated the important role of archaeology of modern-time conflicts and its multi-disciplinary approaches to the research of recent history. Vršič and its surroundings represent not only an important legacy of captivity and war but also a legacy of different cultures, nations, and religions that must be preserved for generations to come.

The area of Vršič is famous for its stunning landscape and rich history, particularly for the Russian Chapel and for the mountain road that was, for the large part, built by the captured solders of the Imperial Russian Army. The broader area of Vršič, including Kranjska Gora and the Upper Trenta Valley, conceals a rich and varied legacy of the First World War, which was explored in the scope of the archaeological research project “Between War and Peace – the Archaeology of Vršič as a First World War Hinterland and a Crossroads of Freedom, Captivity, Cultures, Nations and Religions” and co-financed by the Slovenian Research Agency and the Municipality of Kranjska Gora.

Prisoners of war and Austro-Hungarian soldiers passing by warehouses and a field hospital near the Voss Hut, the present-day Erjavčeva Koča.

Prisoners of war and Austro-Hungarian soldiers passing by warehouses and a field hospital near the Voss Hut, the present-day Erjavčeva Koča.

(property of Uroš Košir)

The project comprised the exploration, documenting, research and interpretation of the First World War legacy and, partly, that of the interwar period and of the Second World War in the area of Vršič and its surroundings. The research included the examination of archival materials, wartime photographs, objects, as well as the LiDAR analysis, geophysical research, 3D scanning of non-portable remnants, archaeological topography, trial trenching and archaeological excavations.

A view of the storage facilities Fassungsstelle Vosshütte beneath the modern-day Erjavčeva Koča. In the first year of the war, various military tents were set up for storage and were later replaced by wooden structures.

A view of the storage facilities Fassungsstelle Vosshütte beneath the modern-day Erjavčeva Koča. In the first year of the war, various military tents were set up for storage and were later replaced by wooden structures.

(property of Uroš Košir)

Upwards of 250 photographs were collected and 321 structures and military buildings were identified and documented in the research area, mostly dating back to the First World War and, in part, to the interwar period or to the Second World War and the related events. There were 49 trial trenches dug on respective sites and many archaeological finds from the period of the First World War and afterwards were identified. Additionally, geophysical survey, whose findings were examined by means of trial trenching, was conducted in the area of the former military cemetery in Kranjska Gora and in that of military structures beneath the mountain hut Erjavčeva Koča.

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