History
The ascent on Triglav was connected with the competition between Slovenes and Germans. The first recorded ascent of Triglav was achieved on 26 August 1778 by Luka Korošec, Matija Kos, Štefan Rožič and Lovrenc Willomitzer, on the initiative of the industrialist and polymath Sigmund Zois. Triglav's height was first measured in 1808 by Valentin Stanič.
During World War II, Triglav symbolically captured the primary drive for the Slovene resistance to the Fascist and Nazi armies, a national liberation. The Slovene Partisans wore the Triglav cap from 1942 until after 1944.
Triglav was the highest peak of (now defunct) Yugoslavia; it was both the most prominent peak and, together with the southern Vardar river (now in Republic of Macedonia), the symbol of Yugoslav "brotherhood and unity".
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