“Suddenly the Rushing Torrents Came from All Sides and Filled the Savina River So That It Ran Higher than Ever Before”

Flood control measures on the Savinja and its tributaries from the mid-19th century to the beginning of river training in the Mozirje – Levec sector (1876)

Abstract

The Savinja River and its tributaries have been subject to considerable flooding in the past due to snowmelt and heavy rainfall. In the first half of the 19th century, Celje and the Savinja Valley were hit by the worst floods in 1814 and 1824, and in the second half of the century, the worst flooding was at the very beginning, in 1851. If the Celje District Office had been dealing with the river and its tributaries since the beginning of the 19th century, after the flood of 1851 they tried to take a more serious approach to the training of the »mountain« river. But until the systematic training between Mozirje and Levec in 1876-93, work was still rather inconsistent and slow.