01378nas a2200241   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001900043653001900062653003300081653002200114653001900136653001300155653001200168100001200180700001200192245011900204856011800323300001200441490000700453520065600460022002001116                                       d10aDating methods10aFolk tradition10aIntangible cultural heritage10aNatural disasters10aRock avalanche10aRockfall10aTržič1 aM. Zorn1 aI. Mrak00aRock avalanche from mount veliki vrh in the koŠuta massif – Intangible cultural heritage and a historical event  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85096052650&partnerID=40&md5=2d3fe61f05482b28047497d4f637e936  a349-3600 v683 aA folktale regarding the establishment of the settlement of Tržič talks about a horrible dragon that unleashed an immense »landslide« of rocks from the ridge of the Košuta Massif and buried the original settlement under it. Even today, one can observe enormous quantities of rocks in Podljubelj and the Pod Košuto valley, as well as a huge failure surface on the slope of Mount Veliki Vrh as »silent witnesses« to the event. The rock avalanche most likely occurred in the late Middle Ages, and its sheer power and impact have been preserved in folk tradition. The article presents the folk tradition and modern knowledge on the rock avalanche.  a00234923 (ISSN)