Krško, a small town with a big place in Slovene book history

Things to do in Krško: the Valvasor museum

Since 30 March 2010 the City Museum has occupied the Valvasor complex, three houses in the old town. In front stands a statue of Janez Vajkard Valvasor (1641-1693) by the sculptor Vladimir Štoviček. The permanent collections remember Valvasor, the benefactor Josipina Hočevar (1824-1911) and Štoviček himself, with prints from the Iconotheca Valvasoriana and Valvasor’s great work, The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, translated in full. During the 2010-2012 restoration, 16th-century wall paintings came to light, which the museum links to the Protestant movement, very strong in Krško. According to Posavje.com, its doors are open from 10:00 until 18:00, Tuesday to Friday.

The Capuchin library

The Valvasor Library has worked from the former Capuchin monastery since 1988 and keeps the monks’ baroque library with its original layout and holdings, including dictionaries and books on medicine, theology, philosophy and history. The tourist office says the first translation of the Bible into Slovene, almost five centuries old, is on show there. The same building has the speedway room, the country’s only public collection devoted to the sport. For me it’s the most interesting thing in town.

Gallery, mausoleum and the old town

Next to the museum, the Krško Gallery fills the former Holy Spirit Church of 1777. The tourist office also highlights the Hočevar mausoleum, resting place of the town’s patrons, the house of the writer Janez Mencinger with its fruit-drying room, and the Svet energije multimedia centre. To get around, the Krčan town bike is free from three points. On the water, you can hire a kayak or canoe on the Krka, and the pool at Brestanica is well liked locally.

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Krško, a town on the Sava

Krško is home to 6,934 people (SURS, 1 January 2026), while its municipality holds 26,210 across 158 settlements, more than any other in Posavje. The tourist office places it at the end of the Sava gorge, where the valley opens into the Krško basin, with the town on both banks. Oddly, it wasn’t the River Sava that gave the town its name but the Krka, which flows nearby. It’s 98 km from Ljubljana and 51 km from Zagreb, on the motorway linking the two capitals.

Near the town stood Neviodunum, one of the smaller Roman centres in the territory, according to the Slovenian government’s official history.

How long to stay and what’s nearby

Half a day covers the museum, the library and a stroll. I’d carry on upriver to Rajhenburg Castle or head down to Kostanjevica na Krki, and at lunchtime I’d order something made from Krškopolje pork.

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