Žerjavka on Lake Trboje

Žerjavka is located on a lake created in 1986 by damming the Sava.

Nature

Lake Trboje near Žerjavka has an area of 1 km² and is up to 17 metres deep. The body of water is accessible from both shores. Numerous bird species, including some rarer ones, breed on Lake Trboje. More than 120 bird species live on Lake Trboje and in its immediate surroundings. The goosander (Mergus merganser) can be observed on Lake Trboje throughout the year.

The nature-related topics can be considered at different levels when planning. The information on the area and depth provides the body of water with a specific spatial framework, while the information on breeding and year-round observation opens up different time perspectives. Anyone who does not want to combine nature and culture into a single item on the itinerary can consider the two focuses separately.

History

In nearby Trboje, the village is first mentioned in old records in 1351 in connection with an old Gothic church. The present-day church in Trboje has a three-sided chancel reminiscent of a Gothic church.

For a visit plan, local history and visible architecture can be treated as a separate focus alongside nature by the water. The historical mention and the chancel feature belong to different periods.

Getting around

A marked, safe footpath connects Žerjavka with Trboje. A bus route connects Šenčur, Voklo, Trboje, Žerjavka, Prebačevo and Kranj, including at weekends.

The footpath and bus route represent two different ways of incorporating the places mentioned into your own plans. Anyone who structures their day around exercise, nature or culture can consider the route connection and the bus connection as separate frameworks. You can weigh up the means of transport separately. The bus connection therefore covers more of the places mentioned than the footpath; in addition, weekend service is explicitly part of the connection described.

Activities

Canoe trips on Lake Trboje were offered from the end of the fire brigade access road below the centre of Trboje. A municipal excursion combined cycling to Lake Trboje/Lake Mavče with canoeing. The Ljubljana–Preddvor–Jezerski vrh–Šenčur–Ljubljana cycling circuit starts and ends in Ljubljana-Tacen and follows less busy paved roads.

For planning your own day, you can view cycling and canoeing as separate or combined types of activity. The starting and finishing points of a route and the condition of the roads are separate criteria for comparison. On the cycling route, the fixed starting and finishing point and the less busy paved roads are distinct features from the stated starting point for the canoe trips.

Anyone comparing a hotel in Žerjavka can check travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions side by side on booking platforms. This information is part of the practical selection process and can be considered separately from nature, culture and route-related topics. Depending on their priorities, travellers can therefore organise their accommodation options and planned activities separately.

At the same level, you will also find Naklo, Preddvor, Šenčur, Cerklje Na Gorenjskem, Zgornje Jezersko, Žabnica, Vopovlje and Kranj.

Back to the higher-level travel overview: Kranj.