Coins with images of Roman imperiator (Commodus, Crispin, Domitian, Hadrian) - only a small fraction of the rich archaeological finds in Trojane
Triumphal arch, located on the east side of Trojan, in honor of Maria Theresa, in 1844
In 1913 the first bus at Trojane
1939 - Pension Konjšek with the gass filling station
For 6 (six) bought donuts you get the 7th (seventh), free of charge.
Opening hours:
Shop "mini market"
Monday - Friday 6.00 - 21.00
Saturday 6.00 - 23.00
Sunday 8.00 - 21.00
Donut shop:
Monday - Thursday 5.30 - 23.00
Friday 5.30 - 24.00
Saturday - Sunday 5.30 - 23.00
Restaurant:
Monday - Thursday 5.30 - 23.00
Friday - Saturday 5.30 - 24.00
Sunday 5.30 - 23.00
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Antiquity, ancient Romans, antras
In different historical periods, trojane was always an important spot for ancient travellers on the road from the middle to the eastern part of slovenia (looking at the borders as they are today). Ancient romans who travelled from emona (today''s ljubljana) to celeia (today''s celje) and onwards to petovia (today''s ptuj) established their army and post office there. They named it atrans. The oldest known written record mentioning the present name of the place goes back to 1229.
Coins with roman emperors` images (comodus, domitian, hadrian) are only a small part of the rich archaeological findings at trojane.
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Old Vienna Road, carters
At the time of austro-hungarian monarchy, before the railway line vienna \\endash zidani most \\endash ljubljana \\endash triest was built, there was lively road traffic. The road was named "old vienna road" by the native people and it connected celje via trojane and črni graben with ljubljana and trieste. Along that road, locals built a great number of two-storey houses, relatively large for that period, with a tavern on the ground floor, sleeping capacities above, big stables for horses and warehouses for load. Old written records from 1826 tell us that the owner of the majority of such carter buildings around trojane was tomaž kotnik (an ancestor of the Konjšek family).
Konjšek family, first bus link
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Among all the buildings in trojane which still serve their original purpose today, there is one, proudly showing its construction year which goes back to 1849. The year is engraved in a stone plate and fixed above the main entrance. The building belongs to the national immovable heritage and has been placed under monument protection. All the credit for such classification of this impressive building goes to the first members of the Konjšek family.Stone plate with the engraved year above the main
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entrance. In the years between 1911 and 1913, the landlords formed a union, organised as a shareholders company, and invested into the purchase of three buses (zaurer brand) in vienna in 1913. Among the shareholders was franci Konjšek, father of gregor Konjšek. In the same year, the first two buses began carrying passengers to trojane.
The company bought the buses to establish a bus connection between ljubljana and celje. One bus drove from ljubljana to celje, the other one went from celje to ljubljana. Both buses met at Konjšek`s in trojane at 8 a.m. And continued their way after a short stop for refreshment and a snack for the passengers. In the afternoon, both buses returned. The third bus was just a reserve in case of problems with the other two. As an interesting fact the bus journey on the macadam road between ljubljana and celje took three full hours.
First two buses come to trojane, year 1913
In 1939, a boarding house was built in trojane the Konjšek hostel.. Beside the hostel there was also a gas station for the buses and infrequent cars.
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Recent history, 1950`s and late 20th century
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After the world war ii the FLR Yugoslavia accomplished the nationalisation of all private properties. No one was spared, not even the Konjšek family. They had to incorporate all their properties into the trojane agricultural co-operative trojane, just like other local farmers. In july 1959, the co-operative opened the restaurant "pri konšku" and revived the activity in trojane. Rajka Konjšek was in charge. At the beginning, there was only one employee working in the restaurant.
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The traffic became more and more intense and tourism began to develop, so the trojane restaurant, with its special position, expanded quickly. In 1959, the road was finally asphalted. Accommodations called "rooms for foreigners" were built in 1959-60. By that time, there were 18 people working for the company.
In october 1960, the catering industry was separated from the co-operative and begun to work independently. That year was a special landmark in the company`s history, as it is considered to be the year of establishment of the company as it is today. Soon after that, in 1961, the company started to produce the famous dessert, occasionally at first, and regularly since 1962 the dessert the famous `trojanski krof ` - - trojane doughnut is well known in slovenia and in most of europe. And finally a short summary of the events in the last decade of 20th century, which were important for the company.. In 1992-93 the company`s administration successfully accomplished the negotiations on the denationalised property of the Konjšek family. They agreed on a settlement and a pay off to the satisfaction of both sides. In 1994-96, the right of ownership was settled, and in september 1996 the company was registered as a shareholders company.
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