Vršic / Vrsic - Julian Alps, Slovenia - Poštarska koca - postcard 1970s

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• Picture / Image:  VrÅ¡ic / Vrsic - Julian Alps, Slovenia - PoÅ¡tarska koca
• Publisher:  Prospekbiro Nova Gorica
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The Vršic Pass (Slovene: Prelaz Vršic, Italian: Passo della Moistrocca, German: Werschetzpass) (el. 1611 m)^[1] is a high mountain pass across the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia.

The road across the pass was built for military purposes, to supply the Isonzo front of World War I. Opened in late 1915, it was originally named after Archduke Eugen of Austria-Hungary. It is currently known as Ruska cesta (""Russian Road""), renamed in July 2006 to honor the Russian prisoners of war that were forced to build it. The upper elevations of the road are rendered impassable by heavy snowfall during much of winter.

The Vršic Pass is the highest pass in Slovenia, as well as the highest in the Eastern Julian Alps. Its name is a diminutive form of the Slovene word vrh 'peak'; its Italian name was Moistrocca. It connects Upper Carniola with the Trenta Valley in the Slovenian Littoral, rising from Kranjska Gora in a series of 50 hairpin bends and traversing the high mountains near the Slovenian-Italian-Austrian border before descending into the Soca (Isonzo) Valley.

It is considered an excellent starting point for excursions to surrounding peaks, including Mala Mojstrovka (2332 m), Velika Mojstrovka (2366 m), Planja (2453 m), Prisojnik (Prisank) (2547 m), Razor (2601 m), Å itna Glava (2087 m), Slemenova Å pica (1911 m), Sovna Glava (1750 m), and Suhi Vrh (2109 m), or shorter hikes in the immediate area.

Several mountain lodges are located near the pass: the Erjavec Lodge (Erjavceva koca; 1515 m), the Birders' Lodge (Ticarjev dom; 1620 m), Mike's Lodge (Mihov dom), the Forest Lodge (Koca na Gozdu ; 1226 m), and the Postman's Lodge (Poštarska koca; 1725 m).

A road was built in 1915 during WW1 to supply the front line. After the war, from 1918 to the Second World War, the pass was on the border between Italy and Yugoslavia. Since 1945, together with the upper Isonzo valley North of Gorizia, it was incorporated in Yugoslavia, and then in Slovenia.

Just off the main road, on the North side of the pass, at an elevation of around 1,200 m, there is the Russian Orthodox chapel, built by the Russian POWs to commemorate their comrades dead during the road construction.

On the south side of the pass there is a monument in honor of Julius Kugy.

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