{"id":847,"date":"2025-08-22T12:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/najstarejsatrta.si\/new\/?page_id=847"},"modified":"2025-12-10T06:19:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T05:19:24","slug":"heritage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/najstarejsatrta.si\/en\/heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"Heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Miracle on the Drava<\/h1><\/div>
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The world\u2019s oldest grapevine has defied the adversities for almost five centuries. Planted during the Ottoman invasions, it narrowly escaped the fires in the city, and survived the devastating grape phylloxera plague and the damming of the Drava, which raised the water level.<\/h3><\/div>\n
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Today, as the undisputed record-holder among vines, it enjoys the care of vinedressers, the well-deserved public attention and a charming atmosphere.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Planted during the Ottoman invasions<\/h1><\/div>
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In the second half of the 16th century, the vine was planted in front of a house on the left bank of the Drava, which was part of the city walls. They chose a hardy indigenous variety of \u017dametovka (Bleu de Cologne), also known as Modra Kav\u010dina or Velvety Black. At that time, Maribor was under the siege of the Ottoman army, and fierce battles were fought right next to the vine.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t

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Resistant to fires in the Middle Ages<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
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In the Middle Ages, the roofs of houses were made of wooden frames covered with straw, which often led to devastating fires. The house next to the Oldest Grapevine was partially burnt down several times, but the vine always withstood the raging flames and survived.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t

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Phylloxera ravages Europe<\/h1><\/div>
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Around 1870, the grape phylloxera destroyed European vineyards, but the oldest grapevine survived. Its roots reach deep under river gravel, where the destructive pest could not survive.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t

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During the Second World War, Maribor was hit by 29 bombing raids, with more than 15,000 bombs destroying or damaging half of the buildings in the city, including the house next to the vine. Despite the devastation, the oldest grapevine survived another dark period in history.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t

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Nearly disastrous dam on the Drava<\/h1><\/div>
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After all these apocalyptic ordeals, the vine was almost killed by a dam built on the Drava in 1963. A three-meter rise in the river level disturbed the balance of the vine\u2019s root system and the vine began to wither. In the 1980s, a team of experts prevented its removal and the demolition of the dilapidated house, preserving this remarkable symbol of resilience.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t

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The story of the Oldest Grapevine is a testament to resilience, perseverance and the will to live.<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
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The story of the Oldest Grapevine is a testament to resilience, perseverance and the will to live.<\/h1><\/div>
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In 2004, it was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest vine in the world. After centuries of wars, fires and other hardships, its toughest times are finally behind it. Today, it is carefully tended by the city\u2019s vinedresser and its grafts travel the world as a gift of protocol. Growing next to the city\u2019s most beautiful promenade, the Oldest Grapevine has become a symbol of resilience and integration \u2013 a meeting place for people, culture and wine.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u010cude\u017e ob reki Dravi Najstarej\u0161a trta \u017ee skoraj pet stoletij kljubuje vsem preizku\u0161njam. Posajena v \u010dasu tur\u0161kih vpadov je za las u\u0161la mestnim po\u017earom, pre\u017eivela pogubno trsno u\u0161 in zajezitev...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-847","page","type-page","status-publish"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/najstarejsatrta.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/najstarejsatrta.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/najstarejsatrta.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/najstarejsatrta.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/najstarejsatrta.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=847"}],"version-history":[{"count":108,"href":"https:\/\/najstarejsatrta.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1376,"href":"https:\/\/najstarejsatrta.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/847\/revisions\/1376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/najstarejsatrta.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}