SLO:
Med Škofjo Loko, Kranjem in Medvodami, med Soro, Savo in železico, tam se nahaja Sorško polje, polno drobnih kotičkov, katere ne opazimo, ali pa gremo mimo njih.
Skrito v vasi Praše se nahaja Jurjova kašča, ki je bila 22. 6. 2022 razglašena za kulturni spomenik lokalnega pomena. Do nje nas usmeri smerokaz ob cesti.
Kašča ima zgodovino daleč nazaj, predvidoma od 13. stoletja naprej. Od 13. do 18. stoletja je bilo v Prašah 13 hub ("huba" je fevdalno posestvo, dovolj veliko, da je na njem preživela ena družina. Njena velikost je bila odvisna od deleža površin, primernih za obdelovanje na območju in je bila tudi enota za obdavčitev), ki so bile cca 14 hektarjev velike.
Predvideva se, da je bila Jurjova kašča prostor, v katerem se je zbiralo dajatev za freisinške škofe. Dajatve so bile delno v denarju, delno pa v obliki pridelka: ječmena, pšenice, rža in prosa.
Freisinškim škofom je bila zemlja odvzeta leta 1803, ko so bila cerkvena posestva v Avstriji podržavljena, leta 1848 je sledila zemljiška odveza. Kmetje so tako lahko svojo zemljo oziroma kmetijo odkupili v dvajsetih letnih obrokih.
Jurjova kašča je likovno in simbolno pomemben objekt v Prašah in okolici ter hkrati edina kašča te vrste v širši okolici Kranja.
Zasnovana je bila konec 17. ali na začetku 18. stoletja, konec 18. stoletja je bila povečana in barokizirana, konec 19. stoletja je bilo pozidano sedanje nadstropje in sredi 20. stoletja je bilo zamenjano in spremenjeno ostrešje.
Kašča je podkleten shrambno-bivalni nadstropni objekt. Objekt ima klet in pritličje grajeno iz kamna, nadstropje je iz opeke. Kamnoseški detajli (portali, okenski okvirji) so iz škofjeloškega konglomerata in tufa. Stropi so kamniti obokani in leseni. V kašči so zbirali desetino za Loško gospostvo, kasneje pa so jo uporabljali tudi za shranjevanje darov za loške kapucine.
Kašča je v preteklosti imela tudi stanovalce. Poleg prednikov trenutnega lastnika je tu občasno bival še loški kapucinar, ki je dvakrat na leto prišel maševat v cerkev sv. Magdalene v Praše.
Zaklad je postavljen z dovoljenjem in sodelovanjem lastnika.
ENG:
Between Škofja Loka, Kranj and Medvode, between the Sora, Sava and the Železica, there is the Sorško polje, full of tiny corners that we do not notice, or we pass by them.
Hidden in the village Praše is Jurjova kašča (Jurjo's granary), which was declared as cultural monument of local importance on 22. 6. 2022. A signpost by the road directs us to it.
The granary has a long history, presumably from the 13th century on. From the 13th to the 18th century, there were 13 hubs in Praše ("huba" is a feudal estate, large enough for one family to survive on it. Its size depended of land, suitable for cultivation in the area, and was also a unit for taxation), which were approximately 14 hectares in size.
It is assumed that Jurjova kašča was a place where were collected taxes for the Freising bishops. The taxes were partly in money, partly in the form of crops: barley, wheat, rye and millet.
The Freising bishops had their land taken away in 1803, when church estates in Austria were nationalized, and in 1848 the land emancipation followed. Farmers could buy back their land or farm in twenty annual installments.
Jurjova kašča is an artistically and symbolically important building in Praše and the surrounding area, and at the same time the only granary of its kind in the wider Kranj area.
It was designed at the end of the 17th or beginning of the 18th century, at the end of the 18th century it was enlarged and Baroque-styled, at the end of the 19th century the current floor was built and in the middle of the 20th century the roof was replaced and modified.
The granary is a basement storage and living space on two floors. The building has a basement and ground floor built of stone, the upper floor is made of brick. The stonework details (portals, window frames) are made of Škofja Loka conglomerate and tuff. The ceilings are stone vaulted and wooden. The granary was used to collect tithes for the Škofja Loka lordship, and later it was also used to store gifts for the Škofja Loka Capuchins.
The granary also had residents in the past. In addition to the ancestors of the current owner, a Loka Capuchin friar lived here from time to time. He came to celebrate mass twice a year in the church of St. Magdalene in Praše.
The cache is placed with the permission and cooperation of the land owner.