Triglav

Various names have been used for the mountain through history. An old map from 1567 used the Latin name Ocra mons, whereas Johann Weikhard von Valvasor called it Krma (the modern name of an Alpine valley in the vicinity) in the second half of the 17th century.{{cite journal |url=http://www.planinskivestnik.com/files/File/PV_1903_12.pdf |language=sl|title=Kaj pripoveduje Valvasor o Krmi (Triglavu) |trans-title=What Does Valvasor Say about Krma (Triglav) |journal=Planinski Vestnik |pages=201–202 |first=Fran |last=Orožen |volume=IX |issue=12 |date=December 1903 |issn=0350-4344}} According to the German mountaineer and professor Adolf Gstirner, the name Triglav first appeared in written sources as Terglau in 1452, but the original source has been lost.{{cite news |url=http://www.dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-BDTP8JVH/79b776aa-89e9-40e7-97c9-f15fe16b3940/PDF |language=sl|title=Odkrite zanimivosti |trans-title=Interesting Facts Discovered |first=Ludovik |last=Zorzut |page=330 |journal=Planinski Vestnik |volume=XVII |date=July 1961 |issn=0350-4344}} The next known occurrence of Terglau is cited by Gstirner and is from a court description of the border in 1573.{{cite journal |url=http://www.arhivsko-drustvo.si/sl/documents/18325/25924/iz+zgod.+pisarn.PDF |language=sl |title=Iz zgodovine pisarniške slovenščine v 1. polovici 18. stoletja |trans-title=From the History of Administrative Slovene in the First Half of the 18th Century |first=Boris |last=Golec |journal=Arhivi |volume=XXIV |year=2001 |issue=1 |page=100 |access-date=2 March 2013 |archive-date=14 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014172205/http://www.arhivsko-drustvo.si/sl/documents/18325/25924/iz+zgod.+pisarn.PDF |url-status=dead }} Early forms of the name Triglav also include Terglau in 1612, Terglou in 1664 and Terklou around 1778–1789. The name is derived from the compound *Tri-golvъ (literally 'three-head'—that is, 'three peaks'), which may be understood literally because the mountain has three peaks when viewed from much of Upper Carniola. It is unlikely that the name has any connection to the Slavic deity Triglav.{{cite book |last1=Snoj |first1=Marko |title=Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen |date=2009 |publisher=Modrijan |location=Ljubljana |page=439}} In the local dialect, the name is pronounced {{IPA|sl|tərˈgwɔu̯|}} (with a second-syllable accent, as if it was written Trglov, with the dark L experiencing vocalization) in contrast to standard Slovene {{IPA|sl|ˈtɾíːɡlaw|}}.Bezlaj, France. 2005. Etimološki slovar slovenskega jezika, vol. 4. Ljubljana: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, p. 224. The highest peak is sometimes also called Big Mount Triglav ({{langx|sl|Veliki Triglav}} {{IPA|sl|ˈʋéːliki ˈtɾíːɡlaw|}}){{cite book |title=Slovenska zemlja: opis slovenskih pokrajin v prirodoznanskem, statistis̄kem, kulturnem in zgodovinskem obziru |date=1892 |publisher=Matica slovenska |location=Ljubljana |page=21}} to distinguish it from Little Mount Triglav{{cite book |last1=Merrill |first1=Christopher |title=Only the Nails Remain: Scenes from the Balkan Wars |url=https://archive.org/details/onlynailsremain00chri |url-access=limited |date=2001 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |location=Lanham, MD |page=[https://archive.org/details/onlynailsremain00chri/page/52 52]}} ({{lang|sl|Mali Triglav}} {{IPA|sl|ˈmáːli ˈtɾíːɡlaw|}}, {{convert|2738|m|sp=us|disp=or}}) immediately to the east.

The first recorded ascent of Triglav was achieved in 1778, at the initiative of the industrialist and polymath Sigmund Zois.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y5txBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA28 |title=Triglavski ledenik |trans-title=Triglav Glacier |chapter=Najstarejši kartografski prikazi, pisne omembe in likovne upodobitve |trans-chapter=The Oldest Cartographic Depictions, Written Mentions and Visual Depictions |first=Matej |last=Gabrovec|publisher=Založba ZRC |isbn=9789612547318 |year=2014 |pages=26–27|display-authors=etal}} According to the most commonly cited report, published in the newspaper Illyrisches Blatt in 1821 by the historian and geographer Johann Richter, these were the surgeon Lovrenz Willomitzer (written as Willonitzer by Richter), the chamois hunter Štefan Rožič, and the miners Luka Korošec and Matevž Kos. According to a report by Belsazar Hacquet in his Oryctographia Carniolica, the ascent took place towards the end of 1778, by two chamois hunters, one of them being Luka Korošec, and one of his former students, whose name is not mentioned.{{cite book |url=https://www.academia.edu/11304528 |title=Man, Nature and Environment between the Northern Adriatic and the Eastern Alps in Premodern Times |first=Peter |last=Mikša |chapter=Exploring the Mountains – Triglav at the End of the 18th Century |publisher=Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani [Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts: Historical Association of Slovenia] |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Štih |editor-first2=Žiga |editor-last2=Zwitter |year=2014 |isbn=978-961-237-723-6 |pages=202–215}}

Triglav's height was first measured on 23 September 1808 by Valentin Stanič. The first to put the name of the mountain on a map, written as Mons Terglou, was Joannes Disma Floriantschitsch de Grienfeld, who in 1744 published the map Ducatus Carniolae Tabula Chorographica.{{cite book |first=Perko |last=Drago |year=2001 |title=Analiza površja Slovenije s stometrskim Digitalnim modelom reliefa |trans-title=Analysis of the Surface of Slovenia with a 100-meter Digital Model of the Relief |place=Ljubljana |publisher=Založba ZRC |page=41}} The first map its name appeared on written as Triglav was Zemljovid Slovenske dežele in pokrajin (Map of the Slovene Land and Provinces) by Peter Kosler, completed from 1848 until 1852 and published in Vienna in 1861.{{cite journal |title=Vpliv razvoja kartografskih tehnik na podobe zemljevidov slovenskega ozemlja od 16. do 19. stoletja |trans-title=The Influence of the Development of Cartographic Techniques on the Appearances of the Maps of the Slovene Territory from the 16th Until the 19th Century |url=http://www.dlib.si/details/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-I4BEVN7B/? |first1=Jerneja |last1=Fridl |first2=Šolar |last2=Renata |year=2011 |journal=Knjižnica |volume=55 |issue=4 |language=sl|publisher=Zveza bibliotekarskih društev Slovenije}}

During World War II, Triglav symbolically captured the primary drive by the Slovene resistance to the Fascist and Nazi armies.{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X-VrRWU6n8EC&pg=PA57|title=Alter Ego: Twenty Confronting Views on the European Experience |chapter=Dreaming of Friends, Living with Foes |last1=Debeljak |first1=Aleš |last2=Snel |first2=Guido |isbn=978-90-5356-688-6 |publisher=Amsterdam University Press |year=2004 |page=57}} The Slovene Partisans wore the Triglav cap from 1942 until after 1944.{{cite book |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/73908601/1958 |chapter=Nekaj zunanjih znakov partizanstva |language=sl, fr |last=Luštek |first=Miroslav |trans-chapter=Some External Signs of the Partisan Movement |title=Letopis muzeja narodne osvoboditve 1958 |trans-title=The Yearbook of the Museum of the National Liberation 1958 |volume=II |editor=Bevc, Milan. |access-date=22 February 2012 |publisher=Museum of the National Liberation of the People's Republic of Slovenia |id={{COBISS|ID=172143}} |display-editors=etal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515033946/http://www.scribd.com/doc/73908601/1958 |archive-date=15 May 2013 }}

Triglav was the highest peak of the now defunct Yugoslavia; it was both countries' highest and most prominent peak. The expression "from Triglav to the Vardar" (a river in southern Macedonia) was a common synecdoche for Yugoslavia, referring to two prominent features at the geographic extremes of the nation.

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At the top of the mountain stands a small metal structure, the Aljaž Tower ({{langx|sl|Aljažev stolp}}). It acts as a storm shelter and a triangulation point. Along with Triglav, it is also a landmark of Slovenia and a symbol of the Slovenes and Slovene territorial sovereignty.

The tower's namesake was the priest, mountaineer and patriot Jakob Aljaž. In early 1895, he drew up, with a piece of chalk on the floor of his room in the parish of Dovje, plans for a cylindrical tower with a flag on its top.{{cite web |url=http://www.planinskimuzej.si/?mod=aktualno&action=viewOne&ID=49 |title=Ali ste vedeli ... |trans-title=Did You Know... |publisher=Slovene Alpine Museum |access-date=27 May 2014}} In April that year he purchased the summit of Triglav for the sum of one florin. Having done so, he secured himself the right to erect a building on the mountain top.{{cite journal |url=http://sistory.si/publikacije/prenos/?target=pdf&urn=SISTORY:ID:20487 |first=Peter |last=Mikša |title=Narodnostni boji v planinstvu na Slovenskem do 1. svetovne vojne |journal=Zgodovina Za Vse: Vse Za Zgodovino |language=sl|trans-title=National Battles in the Mountaineering in the Slovene lands Until World War I |issn=1318-2498 |pages=65–68}} The tower was constructed from iron and zinc coated sheet steel by Anton Belec from Šent Vid nad Ljubljano. He and four workers brought the parts of the tower to the summit of Triglav and put the tower together in only five hours on 7 August 1895. The opening took place that same day. Aljaž donated the shelter to the Slovene Alpine Society today Alpine Association of Slovenia.{{cite web|url=http://www.planinskodrustvo-ljmatica.si/zgodovina_aljazev_stolp.html|title=Aljažev stolp vrh Triglava|publisher=Mountaneering club Ljubljana-Matica|access-date=13 November 2007|language=sl|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071227194809/http://www.planinskodrustvo-ljmatica.si/zgodovina_aljazev_stolp.html |archive-date = 27 December 2007}}

In the beginning, there were three four-legged chairs, a summit register, a spirit stove, and the image Triglav Panorama by Marko Pernhart in the tower.{{cite book |title=Ilustrirana zgodovina Slovencev |year=2000 |first=Janez |last=Cvirn |editor-first=Marko |editor-last=Vidic |publisher=Mladinska knjiga |isbn=86-11-15664-1 |page=271}} It was later repainted and renovated several times by Alojz Knafelc and others. In the Communist era, as the highest point of the former Yugoslavia, it was painted red and decorated with a red star.{{cite web |url=http://www.rtvslo.si/news-in-english/slovenia-revealed/jakob-aljaz-built-a-tower-that-has-become-a-slovenian-symbol/325136 |title=Jakob Aljaž built a tower that has become a Slovenian symbol |first=Jaka |last=Bartolj |work=MMC RTV Slovenija |publisher=RTV Slovenija |date=17 December 2013}} However, it has now more or less been restored to its original appearance.{{cite web |url=http://www.gore-ljudje.net/novosti/3900/ |title=Stolp ima 110 let |publisher=Gore-ljudje.net |first=Maja |date=25 July 2007 |last=Belimezov |access-date=12 September 2008 |language=sl |archive-date=23 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723140638/http://www.gore-ljudje.net/novosti/3900/ |url-status=dead }} The star was removed shortly before the dissolution of Yugoslavia. On the proclamation of Slovene independence in June 1991, the flag of Slovenia was raised on top of the tower.

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In 1895, due to a lack of space, Aljaž also commissioned the building of the Stanič Shelter. It is located {{convert|55|m}} below the top of Triglav and is named after the poet and mountaineer Valentin Stanič. The shelter has dimensions of {{convert|2.4|x|2.2|x|2|m|abbr=on}} and has room for 8 people sitting or 16 standing. Originally it also had a wooden door, benches, a table, and a chair. Its significance diminished after the Kredarica Lodge was erected in 1896.

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The Triglav Glacier ({{lang|sl|Triglavski ledenik}}) was located below the summit on the karstified Triglav Plateaus ({{lang|sl|Triglavski podi}}), part of the northeastern side of the mountain.{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.dedi.si/dediscina/449-triglavski-ledenik |title=Triglavski ledenik |trans-title=The Triglav Glacier |encyclopedia=Enciklopedija naravne in kulturne dediščine na Slovenskem – DEDI |first1=Miha |last1=Pavšek |editor1=Šmid Hribar, Mateja |editor2=Torkar, Gregor |editor3=Golež, Mateja |editor4=Podjed, Dan |editor5=Drago Kladnik, Drago |editor6=Erhartič, Bojan |editor7=Pavlin, Primož |editor8=Jerele, Ines |display-editors=3 |access-date=3 May 2012 |language=sl}} Covering over {{convert|40|ha}} at the end of the 19th century, the glacier had shrunk to {{convert|15|ha}} by 1946,{{cite web |url=http://www.gore-ljudje.net/objave/BORKUM/0810Dnevnik/Triglav_Glacier_1946_2008_MM_MTC_MG_1.jpg |title=Regular Measurements on the Triglav Glacier 1946–2008: A Poster |first1=Miha |last1=Pavšek |first2=Matej |last2=Gabrovec |first3=Mihaela |last3=Triglav Čekada |year=2008 |publisher=Geographical Institute of Anton Melik, Scientific Research Centre of the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts |access-date=3 May 2012 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023243/http://www.gore-ljudje.net/objave/BORKUM/0810Dnevnik/Triglav_Glacier_1946_2008_MM_MTC_MG_1.jpg |url-status=dead }} and after further shrinkage had fallen into two parts by 1992.{{cite web |url=http://kazalci.arso.gov.si/?data=indicator&ind_id=413 |first1=Matej |last1=Gabrovec |first2=Matej |last2=Pavšek |title=Spreminjanje obsega ledenika |language=sl|trans-title=Changes of the Extent of the Glacier |publisher=Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment |date=2 November 2011}} By 2011 it covered an area of only 1–3 hectares, depending on the season. It was no longer considered a glacier in 2019.{{cite news |title=Triglavskega ledenika ni več, ostala je le še zaplata ledu |url=https://siol.net/novice/slovenija/triglavskega-ledenika-ni-vec-ostala-je-le-se-zaplata-ledu-video-508710 |access-date=4 October 2019 |work=SiolNET |agency=TSmedia |date=3 October 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Videmšek |first1=Maja Prijatelj |title=Prepozno za žalni venec. Triglavskega ledenika ni več |url=https://www.delo.si/novice/okolje/prepozno-za-zalni-venec-triglavskega-ledenika-ni-vec-233790.html |access-date=4 October 2019 |date=2 October 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Kralj |first1=Anja |title=Triglavski ledenik bi lahko izginil v nekaj letih oziroma desetletjih |url=https://www.24ur.com/novice/slovenija/triglavski-ledenik-bi-lahko-izginil-v-nekaj-letih-oziroma-desetletjih.html |access-date=5 October 2019 |work=24ur.com |date=5 October 2019}}

The Triglav area is the setting of an old Slovene folk tale concerning a hunter seeking a treasure guarded by an enchanted chamois buck named Zlatorog ({{literally|Goldhorn}}, after its golden horns).

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The earliest known depiction of Triglav is on the front page of the work Oryctographia Carniolica, written by Belsazar Hacquet.{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.dedi.si/dediscina/351-geologija-alpskega-sveta-slovenije |title=Geologija alpskega sveta Slovenije |trans-title=Geology of Alpine Landscapes of Slovenia |encyclopedia=Enciklopedija naravne in kulturne dediščine na Slovenskem – DEDI |first1=Ines |last1=Jerele |editor1=Šmid Hribar, Mateja |editor2=Torkar, Gregor |editor3=Golež, Mateja |editor4=Podjed, Dan |editor5=Drago Kladnik, Drago |editor6=Erhartič, Bojan |editor7=Pavlin, Primož |editor8=Jerele, Ines |display-editors=3 |access-date=3 May 2012 |language=sl}} It was a copper engraving made in 1778 by C. Conti after a drawing by Franz Xaver Baraga.{{cite news |url=http://www.gore-ljudje.net/novosti/44870/ |title=Zgodovina slovenskega planinstva |newspaper=Gore-ljudje |date=2 April 2009 |first=Franci |last=Savenc |access-date=3 May 2012 |archive-date=21 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053430/http://www.gore-ljudje.net/novosti/44870/ |url-status=dead }} Among later visual artists who depicted Triglav, the most well known are Anton Karinger (1829–1870) from Ljubljana, Marko Pernhart (1824–1871) from Klagenfurt, Valentin Hodnik (1896–1935) from Stara Fužina, Edo Deržaj (1904–1980) from Ljubljana, and more recently Marjan Zaletel (born 1945), living in Ljubljana.{{cite journal |url=http://www.dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-YOX6ZLOQ/5a19bfe3-da09-4269-8ece-b2a46b5cc7d5/PDF |title=Bog Pan pride na Bivak za Akom |language=sl|trans-title=Pan the God Comes to the Shelter Behind Ak |date=June 2006 |volume=111 |issue=6 |journal=Planinski Vestnik |first=France |last=Zupan |issn=0350-4344 |publisher=Mountaineering Association of Slovenia |pages=6–13}}{{cite journal |url=http://www.dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-YOX6ZLOQ/5a19bfe3-da09-4269-8ece-b2a46b5cc7d5/PDF |title=Goram dajejo novo razsežnost |language=sl|trans-title=They Give Mountains a New Dimension |date=June 2006 |volume=111 |issue=6 |journal=Planinski Vestnik |first=Marjan |last=Bradeško |issn=0350-4344 |publisher=Alpine Association of Slovenia |pages=14–21}}

Among the musical works related to Triglav, a special place is held for the poem "Oh, Triglav, My Home" ({{lang|sl|Oj, Triglav, moj dom}}). It was written in 1894 by the priest and poet Matija Zemljič and quickly became very popular among Slovene mountaineers. In 2007, its first stanza, accompanied by a melody of Jakob Aljaž, became the official anthem of the Alpine Association of Slovenia. An instrumental version of the poem, written by Bojan Adamič, is part of the start and end credits of the annual ski jumping broadcasts from Planica. In 2023, the Slovenian industrial act Laibach released their rendition of the song, titled "O, Triglav, moj dom."{{cite web |url=https://imdb.com/title/tt27034800/ |title=Laibach featuring Severa Gjurin, Boris Benko & Tomi Meglic: O, Triglav, moj dom |website=IMDb }}

The first Slovene-language full-length film, recorded in 1931 by Janko Ravnik, was titled In the Kingdom of the Goldhorn ({{lang|sl|V kraljestvu Zlatoroga}}) and features an ascent by a group of students to the top of Triglav. The second Slovene full-length film, recorded the following year, was titled The Slopes of Mount Triglav ({{lang|sl|Triglavske strmine}}). It was directed by Ferdo Delak and was a romantic story featuring a wedding on the top of Triglav.

Since 1968, Triglav has become a theme of avant-garde artists. The first instance was a manifestation by the art group OHO, called Mount Triglav, which took place in December 1968 at Ljubljana's Congress Square. In 2004, the group IRWIN produced a series of paintings named Like to Like/ Mount Triglav. In 2007, an artistic performance was held atop Mount Triglav by the artists Janez Janša (director), Janez Janša (visual artist) and Janez Janša (performance artist) called Mount Triglav on Mount Triglav.{{cite web |url=http://www.aksioma.org/sec/texts/eng_suvakovic.pdf |title=3x Triglav: kontroverznosti in problemi okrog Triglava |trans-title=3x Triglav: Controversies and Problems Regarding Mount Triglav |first=Miško |last=Šuvaković |year=2007 |publisher=Axioma}}

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A stylized depiction of Triglav's distinctive shape is the central element of the Slovene coat of arms, designed by the sculptor Marko Pogačnik, and is in turn featured on the flag of Slovenia.{{cite news |url=http://www.uradni-list.si/1/objava.jsp?urlid=199467&stevilka=2392 |title=Zakon o grbu, zastavi in himni Republike Slovenije ter o slovenski narodni zastavi |language=sl|trans-title=The Law on the Coat of Arms, the Flag and the Anthem of the Republic of Slovenia and on the Slovene National Flag |date=21 October 1994 |newspaper=Uradni list [Official Gazette]}} Alongside San Marino and Slovakia, Slovenia is the only other country in Europe and one of the few in the world to feature a mountain on its coat of arms.{{cite book |url=http://retro.seals.ch/cntmng;jsessionid=4115318D48196A93F7AF15AE8C73CE1F |chapter=Triglav: ein Symbolberg |language=de, fr |trans-chapter=Triglav: a Symbol Mountain |first=Božo |last=Otorepec |year=1997 |issue=2 |title=Les Alpes de Slovénie = Die Alpen Sloweniens |pages=137–142 |id={{COBISS|ID=8328237}} |isbn=3-905312-38-7 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Formerly, it was featured on the coat of arms of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia.

The first to depict Triglav as the symbol of the Slovenes was the architect Jože Plečnik, who in 1934 put it besides other coats-of-arms of the nations of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia on the coat of the statue of the Mother of God in front of the parish church in Bled.

During World War II, the stylised Triglav was the symbol of the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation resistance movement. The distinctive three-pronged caps worn by Slovene Partisans during World War II were known as triglavkas.

A relief map of the mountain is the design on the national side of the Slovene 50 eurocent coin.

The former Slovene president Milan Kučan once proclaimed that it is a duty of every Slovenian person to climb Triglav at least once in their lifetime.

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• {{cite book |date=February 1959 |first=Željko |last=Poljak |chapter=Triglav |pages=27–28 |title=Kazalo za "Hrvatski planinar" i "Naše planine" 1898—1958 |series=Naše planine |issn=0354-0650 |volume=XI |issue=1–2 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/195901.pdf |language=hr}}

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• [http://www.hiking-trail.net/mountain/triglav/1/1 Julian Alps: Triglav] Hribi.net. Detailed information and images.
• [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150787/triglav.html Julian Alps: Triglav]. SummitPost.org. Detailed information, maps and images.

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