Solčava is a small alpine village. Most inhabitants live at the farmsteads
in the highlands since the space in the narrow valley is offers room for
only handful of houses. The area was first settled between 1000 and 1200
when it was ruled over by Bavarian Prince Diebald de Chagere, feudal lord
of the Oberburg (Gornji Grad) estate. In 1140, de Chagere sold Solčava to
Peregrin, Patriarch of Aquileia. The village itself was first mentioned
in 1268 as "Silva Sulzbach", and the monasterial land register of 1426 mentions
Solčava as the seat of the district administerial office. Later this territory
became a possession of the Counts of Cilli (Celje) and, after 1456, the
Habsburgs. In 1473 Habsburg Emperor Frederick III bestowed all these estates
on the newly created Ljubljana Diocese.
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