Volčji Potok Manor (German:
Wolfsbüchel)), which stood below the
hill, was begun by the Bonhomo family in the 17th century. The manor was
purchased in 1882 by Ferdinand Souvan (1840–1915), who remodeled it and planted
the meadow in front of it with trees. This park was expanded to 12 hectares by
his son Leon Souvan (1877–1949), who planted it with domestic and exotic trees
and surrounded it with a hornbeam hedge. The manor was burned by the Partisans
on 13 April 1944. After the war, the ruins of the manor were razed and the
manor chapel was converted into a restaurant.
Today, Volčji Potok is best known
for its arboretum, the largest and most popular botanical garden in Slovenia.
The Volčji Potok Arboretum is open from the beginning of March until the end of
November. It was established in 1952 by the University of Ljubljana on what was
already a well-established estate with extensive parks around a Baroque mansion
that was destroyed in the Second World War. The local church is dedicated to Saint
Oswald. It features several paintings from Leopold Layer's school. The church
was first mentioned in written sources in 1526 and was reworked in the 18th
century.
