4th meeting: Historical Wood Utilization

Past utilization of beech wood and other hardwoods and challenges for the future

When

13th to 16th of June, 2016

Where Land of hayracks; Open Air Museum, Šentrupert – Trebnje, Slovenia

Organizers Dr. Katarina Čufar1, Dr. Maks Merela1, Dr. Michael Grabner2

1Univerza v Ljubljani, Biotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za Lesarstvo

University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Wood Science & Technology / Rožna dolina, Cesta VIII /34, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

2Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Institut für Holztechnologie und nachwachsende Rohstoffe

University of Natural Resources and Applied Sciences Vienna UFT Tulln, Konrad Lorenz Straße 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria

Participants

Aims and contents of the workshop

A group of international specialists and scientists working with wood in the contexts of cultural heritage, archaeology, history, forest history, building history, historical literature, ethnology, wood science, dendrochronology, wood anatomy etc. met at the 4th workshop in Šentrupert, Slovenia. The workshop had an emphasis on beech-wood (and other hardwoods) with an objective to learn and discuss on traditional woodworking practices and use and how they could stimulate current and future sustainable use of wood. The program consisted of lectures, discussions, visit of historical objects in the museums and in situ, as well as practical demonstrations of traditional woodworking practices.

Program (lectures) Katarina Čufar1, Maks Merela1, Luka Krže1, Slovenia:Historical use of beech wood in Slovenia Hans Reschreiter3, Austria: Tool handles from Hallstatt - a majority of beech Elisabeth Wächter2, Michael Grabner2, Hans Reschreiter3, Monika Bolka2, Austria:Beech as mining timber in prehistoric Hallstatt Konrad Mayer2, Michael Grabner2, Austria: Beech wood compared to other hardwoods - properties and utilization, past and modern Bernhard Muigg4, Germany: Early medieval beech timber constructions from north-eastern France Didier Willems5, Armelle Weitz6, Pascale Fraiture6, Marie-Laure Van Hove5, Belgium:

Medieval beech coffins from the Nivelles Abbey

Maks Merela1, Katarina Čufar1, Luka Krže1: Wood research and dating of the objects in open-air museum Dežela kozolcev Šentrupert, Slovenia Elisabeth Johann7, Austria: The decline of beech in European forests and its effect on landscape and traditional knowledge Michael Grabner2, Andrea Weber (Klein) 2, Konrad Mayer2, Sebastian Nemestothy2, Elisabeth Wächter2, Austria:

Beech in historical literature Sebastian Nemestothy2, Michael Grabner2, Austria:

Construction timber in Austria - low amount of hardwood Institutions 1 University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Wood Science & Technology, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2 University of Natural Resources and Applied Sciences Vienna BOKU, UFT Tulln, Austria 3 Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria 4University of Freiburg, Institute for Forest Growth – Dendroarchaeology, Freiburg, Germany 5 Direction générale opérationnelle de l’Aménagement du Territoire, du Logement, du Patrimoine et de l’Énergie | Direction extérieure du Brabant wallon | Service de l'archéologie, Wavre, Belgium 6 Laboratoire de dendrochronologie, Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique - Koninlijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium, Brussels, Belgium 7Austrian Forest Association, Vienna, Austria

Program (practical part)

 

Presentation Green development model of the municipality Šentrupert Rupert Gole, mayor of Šentrupert http://www.sentrupert.si/si/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0entrupert

 

Open air museum Dežela kozolcev (Country of the hayracks), director Branka Brcar http://www.dezelakozolcev.si/en/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005424601054&fref=ts

 

 

Demonstration of handycrafts (manual hewing of timber) at the museum by the Ethno social group Draga near Šentrupert (full name “Etno družabno društvo Draga pri Šentrupertu”)

 

 

Ribnica Rokodelski center (The Public Institute Ribnica Handicraft Centre) Muzej Ribnica-Museum of Ribnica director Polona Rigler Grm http://www.rokodelskicenter-ribnica.si/english/

On-line book on woodenware http://www.muzej-ribnica.si/pdf/Suha_roba_in_loncarstvo_web.pdf

Presentations of traditional wood working techniques Woodturning (strugar) – Anton Govže Wickerwork (pletar) – Jože Belaj Side-rim Making, Sieve Making, Bottom Making, (obodar, sitar, podnar) – Metod Jaklič

Vessel Making (posodar, pintar) – workshop Jaklič Franc s.p. suha roba, Sajevec 16, 1310 Ribnica http://www.rokodelstvo.si/izdelovalec/franc_jaklic

Forests and wood use in the area of Kočevje - The Rožni studenec forest educational trail Zavod za gozdove Slovenije (Slovenia forest service), OE (basic unit) Kočevje, head Katja Konečnik http://www.zgs.si/eng/events/news/index.html 

 

Dolenjski muzej Novo mesto – Museum Novo mesto - guided tour through the museum and the collection of the Hallstatt period in Slovenia Borut Križ, curator http://www.dolenjskimuzej.si/en/

 

 

Visit of the historical buildings in the Mirnska dolina (Mirna valley) -various objects in Šentrupert, Vesela gora etc. guided by mag. Dušan Štepec, Zavod za varstvo kulturne dediščine Slovenije (Institut for protection of cultural heritage)

Simončičev toplar (Simončič Hayrack) Bistrica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%C4%8Di%C4%8D_Hayrack 

Jurjeva Domačija, Občine, Trebnje http://www.dedi.si/dediscina/31-jurjeva-domacija 

Information on future events:

5th Historical wood utilization - where and when - still unknown

Eurodendro 2017: 6-10 September 2017 in Tartu, Estonia, local organizers are Alar Läänelaid, Kristina Sohar and Maris Hordo