05/04/2023
I am very happy and proud to receive the School of Renovation Award for the renovation of the Rohrmann House.
The partners of the School of Renovation are the University of Ljubljana - Faculty of Architecture, the Institute for the Protection of the Cultural Heritage of Slovenia and the Association of Historic Cities of Slovenia.
This recognition from the highest state institutions for the preservation of cultural heritage is another confirmation for me that it was worth investing all this efforts, resources and sleepless nights in a project that brought such a beautiful and fulfilling result.
The Rohrmann House is located in the center of Ljubljana. In the basement, the walls have been preserved, which probably bounded the house in the 11th century, where a family of fisherman or boatman lived. The house was rebuilt and renovated several times over the centuries.
The house, which is about the same size as the present one, was built in 1664. The owners of the house changed over time. The first known owner was the butcher Matija Banko, who bought the house in 1710 and then sold it to the innkeeper Urban Zupan in 1865. It was bought from the son of Luka Zupan by Czech Josef Strelba, who started soap production on the property. In 1861, his daughter Roza, who married the successful businessman Viktor Rohrmann, received the house as a dowry.
Viktor and Roza had extraordinary business talent - they made soaps, ran a wholesale business in fruits of nature, and owned two taverns where they sold Czech beer. They had eleven children, but unfortunately no grandchildren, so the family died out.
Most of the house was nationalized after World War II, there was no investment in maintenance and the house slowly deteriorated until I bought it and completely restored it according to the guidelines of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage.
Today the house lives to the fullest and is the pride of Trubarjeva Street. In the house, there are two stores for commercial and service activities and two large apartments, each with three bedrooms and three bathrooms for tourists or businessmen visiting Ljubljana.