Pletna Traditional Boat Lake Bled Slovenia

The Pletna boat is a wooden boat 7 meters long and 2 meters wide. It is operated by the Pletna oarsman, standing and rowing the boat with two oars. This type of vessel is an attraction of Lake Bled and according to the unverified date, its history is supposed to go back already to the 12th century, while the official beginnings date back to 1740.
The Pletna boat is a wooden flat-boat with a pointed bow and the stern widened with a step to enable passengers to enter. The boat is propelled with the special ‘’stehrudder’’ technique where the oarsman is standing and rowing with two oars.
Our ancestors took the name after the German word ‘’plateboat’’, meaning flat-bottom boat. The rights to ownership of the Pletna boat and the lake transport were granted during the reign of Empress Maria Theresia to the farms who complained about the loss of arable land. Most of them originate from Mlino village on the southeastern coast of Lake Bled. Today there are 23 Pletnas and boatmen work inside an association Pletna Bled.
Bled,11.11.2018

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