History
Nature
heritage
Culture
heritage
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A nature park is the least restricted
protective group in which we show more attention to nature while the area
is still used for farming. In 1988, in the Lahinja nature park Nerajske
and Lahinjske Luge were proclaimed to be natural reservations while the
river Lahinja from its spring to the village Pusti Gradec, the brook Nerajčica
with the springs Okno, Stjepanec and Krnica, the spring Topličica, the
caves Pečina, Pečina (at the mill), Djud and the sinkhole Glušenka were
proclaimed natural monuments. In the meander of the Lahinja at Pusti Gradec
the archeological area, the Church of All Saints, Klepečevs saw mill, the
antique burial ground at the village Šipek and the barow mounds at the
village Veliki Nerajec were proclaimed to be cultural monuments.
The Lahinja and its tributaries are
distinguished for their natural stream, clean water and rich water fauna.
Nerajske and Lahinjske Luge are larger swamps, important as the living
space of endangered and rare plant and animal species.
In the area a special type of Carst
is found, called belokranjski plitvi kras (Bela krajina shallow carst).
Here we can admire "draga"s, "zdenc"s, "zajm"s, "zjot"s, "školj"s and "pečina"s,
as the locals call the various carst features, while sinkholes and carst
springs are also present.
The vegetation is presented by woods
of beech trees, grass areas, moisterous meadows, reeds,bent-grass and the
typical birch trees. |