100th Anniversary of the Cave Exploration Society Ljubljana (“Drustvo za raziskovanje jam Ljubljana (DZRJL)”). The CES Ljubljana was founded on May, 5th 1910 in Ljubljana and has been in operation ever since.
One of the founders was Wilhelm Putick, a contemporary of the French speleologist E.A. Martel. Throughout its one hundred years of working the Society had a significant impact on the development of caving and speleology in Slovenija and as a longtime member of the Speleological Association of Slovenia It has had a leading role in the advancement of caving and speleological science. Over the years the members of the Society (CES Lubljana) explored or were engaged in research in more than 3000 caves in Slovenija. The depth of 1000m was exceeded twice – in Vandima(-1182m) and Renejevo brezno (-1242m).
For the last decade the CES Lubljana is an autonomous and independent organization whose objectives are exploration of the caves, protection of the underground world, documenting (filing the gathered information), research and providing education for the young speleologists. The Society is active all over Slovenija with a particular focus on the karst phenomena in the Julian Alps and Kanin.
The CESL has created an electronic register of caves that can be found on the Internet.
The details on the history and achievements of the CESL are accessible on the following links:
http://www.dzrjl.si/system/files/ leaflet_CavesAnotherWorld.pdf
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CONGRATULATIONS!