Miroslav Vilhar Primary School

The imposing building with an austere exterior, which used to have a spacious park in front and a large schoolyard within, was built in 1900. The building has throughout its history housed a number of different schools at different levels – from a primary school to a general upper-secondary school. Nowadays, it houses the Miroslav Vilhar Primary School, one of Postojna's two primary schools. Miroslav Vilhar (1818-1871), Slovenian composer, poet, playwright, politician and publisher of the political newspaper Naprej, came from the neighbouring village of Planina, but spent the main part of his life at the Kalc Castle near Zagorje, Pivka. He was an ardent advocate of the rights of Slovenians in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, i.e. the use of Slovenian language in schools and government offices, establishment of the Slovenian insurance company, as well as afforestation of karst areas. He was also the initiator and organiser of the Pivka rally at Kalc Castle, where demands for the realisation of the national programme United Slovenia were put forward.