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Lovrenc Willomitzer botanical path
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Christ's ShirtPhoto: Turizem Bohinj
Lovrenc Willomitzer (circa 1747 - 1801) was a Slovenian field doctor and mountaineer. He was among the first four to ascend Triglav.
Baron Žiga Zois appointed him as a field doctor in Stara Fužina in 1776, and he also conducted natural science explorations in the Bohinj mountains. In 1783, he bought a hut in Stara Fužina, which still carries the house nickname "pri Padarju" today. Already in 1777, on Zois's order, he accompanied B. Hacquet on a trip to Triglav. They only reached Veli Polje, while Hacquet alone climbed Mali Triglav. Lovrenc Willomitzer succeeded in reaching the summit on 26 August 1778 as a member of the "Four Brave Men" expedition.
The vegetation around the Devil's Bridge is extremely rich. Here we have both dry habitats with thermophilic flora, where black hornbeam, small ash, and brilliant scabious grow, as well as smaller wetlands around the lehnjak waterfall, where at the beginning of summer you will see the insectivorous Alpine butterwort, and by the end of summer the marsh sundew, which Slovenians poetically call the Christ's shirt.
Wild orchids also have habitats here. Many can be enchanted by the fly orchid.
In the shady undergrowth of the mixed forest, everything smells of cowslips or lemon balm in May. Early spring will delight you with white and pink flowers of black hellebore, blue flowers of hepatica, and yellow trumpet flowers. Towards the end of summer, delicate cyclamens give off fragrance here.
On the pasture, you will find several medicinal plants: heal-all, motherwort, woundwort, and heart's ease.
Author’s recommendation
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Safety information
The trail is maintained and wide enough, but caution is still not superfluous in rainy weather, especially at the section where we cross a smaller creek (possibility of slipping).Tips and suggestions
In spring, listen carefully, you might hear the singing of the cuckoo, chiffchaff, tit, blacksmith, or blackbird.Roadbook
Public transport
Public-transport-friendly
You can reach Bohinj by bus or train. From the Primorska direction, arrival is also possible by car train. More information is available on the website promet.bohinj.si.
Stara Fužina is connected all year round by regular bus lines to Bohinjska Bistrica, and in the summer also to Ukanc and the Savica waterfall as well as Rudno polje (organized Hop On Hop Off Pokljuka bus transport, which also has bike carriers). The bus station is in the village center (TIC Bohinj, Stara Fužina).
Directions
You can reach Stara Fužina by personal car from Bled through the Gorge or over Pokljuka and then over Jelovica and Soriška planina.Parking
At the starting point, parking is possible at the Stara Fužina 8 - Vorančkojca parking lot (coordinates: 46.290434, 13.886832). During the summer season, we recommend using the Srednja vas 14 (Senožeta) parking lot (coordinates: 46.291055, 13.929918) or the parking lot in the center of the village Stara Fužina behind the cultural hall.Coordinates
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Equipment
Light hiking shoes.Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
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