Poljanska baba

Kamniti osamelec, ki se dviga nad Kočno oziroma Poljanami je visok proti pobočju 4 m, proti dolini pa 8 m. Njegov nastanek je posledica preperevanja različno trdih kamnin, ki zato v pokrajini izstopajo kot štrleči stolpi, roglji oziroma osamelci. Pri Poljanski babi gre za ostanek debelejše plasti anizijskega dolomita. Jeseni leta 1995 je Poljansko babo doletel večji odlom glave. Povzročila ga je zmrzal, ki je zlezla v razpoke, razširjene tudi zaradi korenin borovca, ki je dolga leta rastel prav na vrhu glave.

 

Nastanek kamnitih osamelcev so si ljudje že od nekdaj razlagali z nadnaravnimi silami. Glede na obliko so jih poimenovali baba, dedec, možic, zob, značilni imeni sta tudi igla in turn. O Poljanski babi je najbolj znana pripoved, ki jo je v Ljubljanskem zvonu leta 1879 zapisal dr. Matevž Tonejc.

 

»Bili so na lovu nekega dne v jeseni, pravila mi je stara mati, na sv. Mihaela dan, in kmetje so morali zver priganjati s psi, ki jim jih je gospoda z grada dala. Postavljeni so bili lovci po gozdu in zavarovani dobro, da se jim ni bilo bati divje zveri. Kmetiči so pa gonili. Tudi graščakova hči je bila na lovu; tam gori je stala, kakor stoji še dandanes. Na skali stoje je videla, kako je divja zver blizu nje že ranjenega starega moža gonjača zgrabila in okrog pobila. Lahko, da bi ga rešila smrti, ali boj, v katerem je starec moral nesrečno smrt storiti, se ji je tako dopadel, da ni hotela pomagati in tudi sluga, ki je poleg mlade ženske stal z orožjem, ni smel iti na pomoč. Hipoma pa je stala žena okamenela tam gori na skali, kakor je imela srce za človeštvo okamenelo. Tam še dandanes stoji in bo stala, dokler se ne bo rodil njen rešitelj. A prej bodo na Mežakli vse smreke devetkrat posekane in bodo devetkrat druge zrastle. Največja med njimi bo imela devet vrhov in seme srednjega se bo samo zasejalo. Iz semena bo zrasla smreka nad Savo, iz katere bodo urezali deske za zibko deveterih sinov ene matere, ki ne bodo imeli sestre. Najmlajši teh sinov bo rešil okamenelo trdosrčno hči.«

IZHODIŠČE:	Kočna - vstopna informacijska tabla "Potep po Mežakli" [670 m]
CILJ [m.n.v]:	Poljanska baba [881 m]
VIŠINSKA RAZLIKA:	221 m
ČAS HOJE:	25 min
ZAHTEVNOST POTI:	Lahka označena pot
ZANIMIVOSTI OB POTI:	/
OPOZORILA (!):	Plezanje po skalnem osamelcu je na lastno odgovornost!
DODATNE INFORMACIJE:	Sprva je pot označena z rumeno markacijo in rumenimi usmerjevalnimi tablami (lokalna pešpot). Po 500 m (približno 10 min) hoje se priključi planinski poti, označeni z rdeče-belo (Knafelčevo) markacijo in rdečimi usmerjevalnimi tablami.
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A solitary rock formation that rises above Kočna and Poljane, standing 4 m high towards the slope and 8 m towards the valley. It resulted from the weathering of rocks of various degrees of hardness that stand out as protruding towers, horns or buttes. Poljanska baba is the remains of the thickest layer of Anisian dolomite. In autumn 1995, a large part of its head broke off. This was caused by frost that had entered cracks, which had also been enlarged by the roots of a pine tree that grew at the top for many years.

In the past, when trying to understand the creation of solitary buttes, people turned to supernatural powers. Depending on their shape people named them “baba”, “dedec”, “možic”, “zob” or “igla” and “turn”. The most famous tale of Poljanska baba was written in Ljubljanski zvon in 1879 by Dr. Matevž Tonejc.

“They were hunting one day in autumn, my grandmother told me, on St. Michael's day, and farmers had to spur on the beast with the hounds they were given by the gentry. The hunters were positioned around the woods and well-protected so they needed not fear any beasts. The farmers did the chasing. The lord’s daughter was also hunting; she stood up there where she still stands today. Standing on the rock she saw a wild beast grab an already wounded old man, a drover, and killed him. She could have saved him from dying, but the fight in which the old man had to pass, was so much to her liking that she refused to help and even the servant, who was standing next to the young woman with a weapon, was not allowed to help him. In an instant, the woman turned to rock as this is what her heart was made of. She continues to stand there today and will stand there until her saviour is born. But before that happens, all spruce trees in Mežakla will be cut down nine times and nine times other ones will grow. The largest among them will have nine tops and the seed of the middle one will self-seed. From the seed a spruce will grow above the Sava River, from which the wood for a crib will be cut, the crib of nine sons from one mother who will not have a sister. The youngest among the sons will save the rock-hard, petrified daughter.”