{{Short description|Artificial pond in Ljubljana, Slovenia}} {{this|a pond in Ljubljana|the pond at Selo pri Vodicah|Skaručna Basin}} {{Infobox lake | name = Koseze Pond | image = Koseški bajer.jpg | caption = Koseze Pond | image_bathymetry = |pushpin_map=Slovenia | caption_bathymetry= | location = Šiška District, City Municipality of Ljubljana, Slovenia | coords = {{coord|46|4|2.35|N|14|28|7.76|E|type:waterbody_region:SI_dim:270|display=inline,title}} | type = artificial pond | group = | inflow = Mostec Creek | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = Slovenia | length = | width = | area = {{convert|3.8|ha|abbr=on}} | depth = | max-depth = {{convert|2|-|3|m|abbr=on}} | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = | frozen = | islands = | cities = | reference = }} '''Koseze Pond''' ({{langx|sl|Koseški bajer}}), '''Martinek Pond''' ({{lang|sl|Martinek bajer}}), '''Lake Koseze''' ({{lang|sl|Koseško jezero}}) or simply the '''Pond''' ({{lang|sl|Bajer}}) is an artificial pond at the edge of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mladina.si/media/objave/dokumenti/2011/11/17/bivanje_junij.pdf |title=Koseški bajer, Ljubljana |language=Slovenian |first1=Ana |last1=Struna Bregar |first2=Špela |last2=Kuhar |newspaper=Mladina: Bivanje |date=17 June 2011 |issue=24}}</ref> between Šiška Hill to the west and the neighborhood of Mostec to the east.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.rralur.si/fileadmin/user_upload/projekti/Poti/VODNIK_PO_PES_POTEH_JULIJ__2010_WEB.pdf |title=Vodnik po regionalnih pešpoteh v Ljubljanski urbani regiji |language=Slovenian |trans-title=A Guide Through the Regional Trails in the Ljubljana Urban Region |chapter=Ljubljanska pot |trans-chapter=Ljubljana Trail |publisher=Regional Development Agency of the Ljubljana Urban Region |date=August 2010 |access-date=2012-07-29 |archive-date=2011-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725094241/http://www.rralur.si/fileadmin/user_upload/projekti/Poti/VODNIK_PO_PES_POTEH_JULIJ__2010_WEB.pdf }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=http://geo2.ff.uni-lj.si/pisnadela/pdfs/dipl_200601_ziga_drobnic.pdf |chapter=6.4. Primerjava sosesk Savsko naselje (1957) in Mostec (2001) |language=Slovenian |trans-chapter=6.4. A Comparison of the Sava Settlement (1975) and Mostec (2001) Neighborhoods |title=Javne zelene površine v Ljubljani |trans-title=Public Green Areas in Ljubljana |first=Žiga |last=Drobnič |year=2006 |publisher=Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana |page=75 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It is part of the Tivoli–Rožnik Hill–Šiška Hill Landscape Park and is named after the nearby Koseze neighborhood in Ljubljana's Šiška District. Near Koseze Pond, the Path of Remembrance and Comradeship touches Tivoli–Rožnik Hill–Šiška Hill Landscape Park.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://file.si/pfiles/189677/2006-april-POT-SPOMINOV-IN-TOVARITVA-_2%5B1%5D.pdf |chapter=Pot spominov in tovarištva - na kratko PST |language=Slovenian, English |trans-chapter=The Path of Remembrance and Comradeship (PST) |pages=10–11 |title=Pot spominov in tovarištva |trans-title=The Path of Remembrance and Comradeship |date=April 2006 |publisher=Ljubljana Tourist Board |archive-date=2015-06-29 |access-date=2012-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629030209/https://file.si/pfiles/189677/2006-april-POT-SPOMINOV-IN-TOVARITVA-_2%5B1%5D.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The pond has an area of {{convert|3.8|ha}}<ref>{{cite book |url=http://eprints.fgg.uni-lj.si/1901/1/VKI_0175_Pestotnik.pdf |title=Hidrološki model Glinščice s programom Flo-2D: diplomska naloga št. 175 |trans-title=Hydrological Model of the Glinščica Watershed with the Software Flo-2D: Graduation Thesis No. 175 |chapter=Koseški bajer |trans-chapter=Koseze Pond |page=39 |first=Simona |last=Pestotnik |year=2011 |publisher=Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana|type=thesis }}</ref> and a maximum depth of {{convert|2|-|3|m}}.<ref name="Delo2011-07-25">{{cite news |url=http://www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/koseski-bajer-ogroza-zdravje-ljudi.html/ |title=Koseški bajer ogroža zdravje ljudi? |language=Slovenian |trans-title=Koseze Pond Endangers the Health of People? |date=25 July 2011 |newspaper=Delo.si |first=Janez |last=Petkovšek}}</ref> It is fed by Mostec Creek.<ref name="Smrekar">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d7zIVO9ICO8C&dq=Krajinski_Park_Tivoli%2C_Roznik_in_Sisenski_Hrib&pg=PP1 |title=Krajinski park Tivoli, Rožnik in Šišenski hrib |trans-title=The Tivoli–Rožnik–Šiška Hill Landscape Park |author=Smrekar, Aleš |author2=Bojan Erhartič |author3=Mateja Šmid Hribar |year=2011 |publisher=ZRC Publishing House |isbn=978-961-254-291-7 |page=56}}</ref> It was created after a former clay pit<ref>Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 344.</ref> at the site, which supplied the brickworks operated by Gustav Tönnies (1814–1886), was closed. The pit was then overgrown by grass, but the Agrostroj company later flooded the area to test irrigation pumps.<ref>Gričnik, Anton. 1997. ''Bela Ljubljana: zgodbe iz slovenske prestolnice''. Ljubljana: Kmečki glas, p. 75.</ref>
Koseze Pond is now used as a recreation area by local residents. In the summer it is used for racing radio-controlled model boats and fishing. Swimming is prohibited due to the poor quality of the water, which is also contaminated by cyanobacteria.<ref>[http://www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/koseski-bajer-ogroza-zdravje-ljudi.html Koseški bajer ogroža zdravje ljudi? (Koseze Pond a Health Threat?) {{in lang|sl}}]</ref> In the winter it is used for skating. Koseze Pond is a natural habitat for the edible frog, migrant hawker, common bulrush, and common reed.<ref>City Municipality of Ljubljana. 2004. ''Koseški bajer'' (sign posted at the pond). Ljubljana: MOL, ZRSVN.</ref> It is also the nesting place of the common moorhen, the mute swan and other bird species.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.ptice.si/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/200510_mihelic_inventarizacija_ptic_v_kp_tivoli_roznik_sisenski_hrib.pdf |title=Inventarizacija ptic v krajinskem parku Tivoli, Rožnik in Šišenski hrib |language=sl |trans-title=The Inventory of birds in the Tivoli, Rožnik and Šišenski hill Landscape Park |date=October 2005 |page=11 |access-date=27 June 2023 |publisher=DOPPS - Birdlife Slovenia}}</ref>
Koseze Pond is featured in the novel ''Ne bom se več drsal na bajerju'' (I Will No Longer Skate on the Pond), which was awarded the Kresnik prize, the most prestigious prize for novels in Slovenia, in June 2023. The novel was written by Lado Kralj and awarded posthumously. It takes place in Ljubljana during the Italian occupation in the early 1940s and in the post-war period in the 1950s. It focuses on the Šiška District of Ljubljana, where a young man working for the Communists falls in love with a student at the monastery boarding school, a woman who is also the love interest of an Italian officer.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://sloveniatimes.com/wartime-story-named-slovenian-novel-of-the-year/ |title=Wartime story named Slovenian novel of the year |date=24 June 2023 |newspaper=Slovena Times |archive-date=26 June 2023 |access-date=26 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626204901/https://sloveniatimes.com/wartime-story-named-slovenian-novel-of-the-year/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==See also== * Tivoli Pond, another pond in the Tivoli–Rožnik Hill–Šiška Hill Landscape Park thumb|right|Skating takes place on Koseze Pond in winter. == References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{commons category}} * [http://www.burger.si/Ljubljana/2007/60_Lj_KoseskiBajer.html Ljubljana: 'Koseški bajer' - ribnik] [Ljubljana: Koseze Pond]. 2007. VR panorama. Boštjan Burger. (Rich media - may be viewed with QuickTime). Accessed on 19 February 2012. * [http://www.burger.si/Ljubljana/PST/01.html Ljubljana: The Green Ring of Ljubljana]. The Path of Remembrance and Comradeship at Koseze Pond. 8 May 2009 – 9 May 2009. VR panorama (surround photography). Boštjan Burger. (Rich media - may be viewed with QuickTime). Accessed on 19 February 2012.
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