Hayrack

The hayrack can be found throughout Slovenia except in the Prekmurje region, eastern Styria, and the Slovenian Littoral. Similar structures can also be found in Friuli in Italy, and in southern Carinthia and the East Tyrol region of Austria. In German, it is called ' or '. Around 80% of all hayracks are found in Slovenia. ==Names and typology==

Slovenian names for the hayrack include kozolec and kazuc (colloquial, usually referring to a single straight-line hayrack), stog (commonly found in Upper Carniola and especially in the area around Studor in the Bohinj region), and toplar. The word stog also refers to a haystack and is derived from Common Slavic stogъ 'stack, heap'. • Single straight-line hayrack with catslide roof (stegnjeni kozolec s plaščem) • Roofed double hayrack with shed (kozolec s hišo) • Split-level double hayrack (kozolec na kozla, kozolec na psa) File:Hayrack full.jpg|Single straight-line hayrack File:Catslide hayrack - Sentjost.JPG|Single straight-line hayrack with catslide roof File:Praprece Slovenia - hayrack.jpg|Double straight-line hayrack File:KozolciStudor1.JPG|Roofed double hayracks File:Kozolec-BrdoPriKranju.jpg|Roofed double hayrack with two struts File:Šentrupert kozolci (17).JPG|Roofed double hayrack with extension File:Kozolec s hišo, Spodnja Štajerska.jpg|Roofed double hayrack with shed File:Rapljevo hayrack.JPG|Split-level double hayrack ==Open-air museum==

From 2010 until 2013, the Municipality of Šentrupert in southeastern Slovenia built the first ever open-air museum "Land of Hayracks" (slovene: Dežela kozolcev) in the southern part of Šentrupert, its administrative center. The collection includes 19 hay drying devices, which includes 17 hayracks, with the oldest from 1795, and presents all types of hayracks. The museum also serves as a venue for events. The main organizer of the project was Rupert Gole, the mayor of Šentrupert. Over 650 hayracks have been counted in the Mirna Valley, where the settlement lies. The largest of them and in the entire country is the Simončič Hayrack. ==Gallery==

File:Kozolec-Valvasor.jpg|A Valvasor copperplate engraving depicts filling a hayrack with hay Image:Kozuc.jpg|An abandoned single straight-line hayrack just outside Olševek in winter File:Toplar Motnik.jpg|Double hayrack in Motnik, Tuhinj Valley ==References==