Blate: Natural Values, Hiking Route and Pottery Tradition

Blate can be explored through specific connections to routes, nature and culture. This is particularly clear from the “Pot vodnih virov” route. It runs via Ugar–Zadolje–Blate–Obrh–Prigorica–Brezje–Ugar. The hike can begin at the Ugar car park or slightly farther up at the road junction leading to the road to Zadolje. It is approximately 12 km long and takes between two and a half and three hours, depending on walking pace. For personal time planning, this duration should be understood as a range, as it explicitly depends on the individual’s walking pace.

Nature

The references to nature encompass several forms with different names. The state-designated natural values Rakitnica – izviri are springs below Velika gora, west of Kot pri Rakitnici. The state-designated natural value Rakitnica – ponikalnica is a sinking river on the Ribniško polje and is designated as a natural value. Blate – mokrotne površine is designated as a natural value. The Izvir Rakitnice spring is also designated as a natural value; at the same time, it is a water intake and is therefore fenced off. The individual names thus retain their respective landscape form and designated status instead of being reduced to a single designation.

Culture

Blate is one of the villages in the southern part of the Ribniška Valley where pottery was produced. The pottery tradition of Blate belongs to the pottery region in the southern part of the Ribniška Valley, which Janez Vajkard Valvasor first reported on in 1689. Pottery is thus associated both with individual villages and with a named pottery region. The historical reference remains tied to this region and is connected to the specific year 1689.

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Other places: Ribnica, Hrib-Loški Potok, Sodražica, Rigelj Pri Ortneku, Retje, Glažuta, Draga

To the higher-level travel overview: Ribnica.