Outdoor Museum Zaprikraj

The Italian Charnel House above Kobarid

Because of the great importance of historical events the

Kobarid Museum covers, the way of their presentation
and of staging the exhibits, the Museums collection
was met with a wide response both in Slovenia and
abroad. It belongs to the most frequently visited Slovenian museums, whether by native or foreign visitors.

Kobariki muzej
Gregorieva 10, 5222 Kobarid, Slovenija
Tel: 00386 (0)5 38 90 000, Fax: 00386 (0)5 38 90 002
E-mail: kobariski.muzej@siol.net, www.kobariski-muzej.si
Villach
Klagenfurt

Its international value has been confirmed by two

museum awards;

Tarvisio

The highest Slovenian Museum Award the Valvasor

Prize for the year 1992, and
The Council of Europe Museum Prize for the year
1993.
The Kobarid Museum is an ideal point of departure for
organized sightseeing tours along the Kobarid historical trail, through outdoor museums and across the onetime battlefields in the high mountains. Throughout
the year, exhaustive information, maps and literature
are available to visitors in the Museum. Upon previous
appointment, experienced guides can lead you to the
onetime battlefields
and other remarkable
points of interest.

50 km

Jesenice
Bovec
Kranj

Kobarid

Prva svetovna vojna

Tolmin
45 km

Udine

50 km

115 km

Ljubljana

Nova Gorica
Postojna

SLO

Prima guerra mondiale

Erster Weltkrieg
First World War

KOBARID CAPORETTO KARFREIT

Trieste

Pot miru od Alp do Jadrana

The Walk of Peace from the Alps to the Adriatic
Weg des Friedens von den Alpen bis zur Adria
Il Sentiero della pace dalle Alpi all`Adriatico
Published by: RDO Smaragdna pot; Contents prepared by: Kobariki muzej; Photos: eljko Cimpri, Lora erv,
Helmut Teissl Villach Austria; Conceptual design: Renzo Rukli; Prepress: Matic Leban; Printed by: Gorenjski tisk;
Print run: 12.000; 2012

 The Kobarid Museum

The Kobarid Museum

The Room of the 12th Isonzo Offensive

Reconstruction of a Cavern

The Kobarid Museum (Kobariki muzej) presents to visitors

historical events that took place along the river Soa/Isonzo
during the First World War. The most extensive part of the
permanent exhibition is focused on mountain warfare in
the Julian Alps and on the last combat there, i.e. the Twelfth
Isonzo Battle, also called the Battle of Kobarid. This encounter of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and officers
of the Austro-Hungarian, German and Italian armies began
on 24 October 1917 along the Soa and ended seventeen
days later along the banks of the river Piave. The Battle of
Kobarid:

Entrance Hall entices visitors to contemplate the fates of

people from numerous nations who were caught in the horrifying maelstrom of war. Staged in the ground floor rooms
are temporary exhibitions, and a 20-minute documentary
film on the Battle of Kobarid can be watched there.

In the Room with the relief-map of the Upper Soa Region

on the second floor, the deployment is presented of the
troops on 23 October 1917, one day before the decisive battle.
Squeezed up in a narrow cave, the soldier is writing a letter
to his father. His words reveal the distress and the emotional
world of a youth on the front.

ranks among the biggest encounters in a mountainous

landscape in the history of humanity;

The White Room narrates the story of two horrible winters,

of cold, snow, avalanches, etc., when the war was transformed into a struggle with nature.

ranks among the earliest war operations containing blitzkrieg elements;

was the most successful breakthrough operation in the
First World War;
was, alongside the 11th Isonzo Battle, the biggest war
encounter on the Slovenian territory.
The days of these sore trials were poignantly described by
Ernest Hemingway in his novel A Farewell to Arms. For
Erwin Rommel, the battle was but an important milestone
in his brilliant military career.

Presented in the Kobarid Rooms on the Museums first floor

is the overview of the history of Kobarid and its surroundings, from the antique times until the present.
Warfare in the high-mountainous world is the main point in
the room with the relief-map of Mt. Krn range.

In the Room of the Rear, a visitor can learn about the supply
to military troops, soldiers equipment and the life during
the short intervals between the offensives.
The Black Room is a room of warning and reflection on how
war afflicts people.

In the Room of the Breakthrough are presented the first

three days of the fights when the united Austro-Hungarian
and German troops conquered Kobarid and broke through
onto the Italian territory.
Exhibited in the Museum are more than 500 photos, 50
military maps, sketches and documents of unit commanders
(General Cadorna, General Krauss, first lieutenant Rommel),
more than 1000 examples of weapons, tools, uniforms, medals and souvenir items.