Planinsko društvo Krka Novo mesto

Planinsko društvo Krka Novo mesto (often abbreviated PD Krka NM) is a Slovene alpine club based in Novo mesto, the main town of the Dolenjska region in southeastern Slovenia. It is a membership-based mountaineering association rather than a commercial company: its activities revolve around guided hikes, climbing and alpinism, youth and family mountain programmes, maintenance of mountain huts and marked trails, and the promotion of safe mountain recreation. The club is registered at Rozmanova ulica 13, 8000 Novo mesto, and maintains a public office hour on Tuesdays from 16:00 to 18:00, reachable by telephone and e-mail. The club's programme is organised around several sections and recurring activities. Its website lists an alpinistični odsek (alpine/climbing section), activities connected with the Gorjanci hills, and the Planinski dom Sveti Peter mountain hut. It also maintains a calendar of actions (koledar akcij) and a section of experiences (doživetja), and it links to the wider Slovenian mountaineering ecosystem, including the Alpine Association of Slovenia (PZS) and the Hribi.net mountain portal. Educational content such as a "small school of mountaineering" (mala šola planinstva) and seasonal guidance — for example the red circle and white dot waymarking associated with Novo mesto trails — appear among its notices. The club's home terrain is the Gorjanci range and the broader Dolenjska landscape around Novo mesto, including well-known local destinations such as Trdinov vrh and the Planinski dom pri Gospodični hut. It also organises excursions further afield, with announced events including a general assembly combined with an excursion to the source of the Krupa river near Semič, and a mini camp in Paklenica, a classic Croatian climbing area. A recurring photo-of-the-month feature invites members to submit images from hiking and mountaineering events. As a voluntary association, PD Krka Novo mesto depends on membership fees, volunteer work and donations. Its website publicly thanks donors who supported the renovation of the Planinski dom pri Gospodični in 2021/22, listing among them KRKA d.d., the Municipality of Novo mesto, the Fundacija za šport, Malkom d.o.o., ENSI d.o.o. and TPV AVTOMOTIVE. This donor list illustrates the club's embeddedness in the local business and civic community of Novo mesto. The club is documented in Wikidata as a Slovene alpine club. It is not a commercial brand in the consumer-goods sense, but it functions as a recognised local institution with its own name, identity, hut, website and membership base, and it is treated here as a membership organisation/trademarked club identity.

Planinsko društvo Krka Novo mesto is a Slovene alpine club based in Novo mesto, the administrative and cultural centre of the Dolenjska region in southeastern Slovenia. Like many Slovene planinska društva (mountaineering societies), it grew out of the broader organised mountaineering movement that developed in Slovenian lands from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when hiking clubs built trails, waymarked routes and mountain huts and promoted mountain tourism and national identity. The club carries the name of the Krka river, which flows through Novo mesto, and is identified in Wikidata simply as a Slovene alpine club. The club's documented public activity in the 2020s centres on its website and its programme of events. Its site presents the association under the short form PD Krka NM and organises information into sections such as Doživetja (experiences), Koledar akcij (calendar of actions), Alpinistični odsek (climbing section), Gorjanci and Planinski dom Sveti Peter. It maintains a physical office at Rozmanova ulica 13 in Novo mesto with weekly office hours, and provides telephone, mobile and bank-account details for members and the public. A significant recent chapter is the renovation of the Planinski dom pri Gospodični mountain hut. The club's website lists donors who supported the renovation in 2021/22, including KRKA d.d., the Municipality of Novo mesto, Fundacija za šport, Malkom d.o.o., ENSI d.o.o. and TPV AVTOMOTIVE. This fundraising effort shows the club acting as a civic institution that mobilises local corporate and municipal support to maintain mountain infrastructure. The club's programme combines local and farther-afield activities. Locally it is associated with the Gorjanci range, Trdinov vrh and the Planinski dom pri Gospodični, and with waymarked routes around Novo mesto (the red circle and white dot waymarking is highlighted in its notices). It also runs educational content such as a "small school of mountaineering" and a photo-of-the-month feature. Announced events include a general assembly with an excursion to the source of the Krupa near Semič and a mini camp in Paklenica, reflecting the club's links to the wider Croatian and Slovenian climbing community. The club is connected to the national mountaineering framework through links to the Alpine Association of Slovenia (PZS) and to the Hribi.net mountain portal, and it maintains its own mountain hut, the Planinski dom Sveti Peter. As a voluntary association, it relies on membership, volunteer work and donations rather than commercial revenue. Its precise founding date is not established in the available evidence, and no commercial ownership or listing applies.

• Donor-supported renovation of the Planinski dom pri Gospodični mountain hut (2021/22), supported by KRKA d.d., the Municipality of Novo mesto, Fundacija za šport, Malkom d.o.o., ENSI d.o.o. and TPV AVTOMOTIVE

• Announced annual assembly with excursion to the source of the Krupa (Semič), 3 October 2026

• Announced mini camp Paklenica, 9–11 October 2026

Local membership-based alpine club serving Novo mesto and the Dolenjska region, focused on volunteer-led mountain recreation, education and hut maintenance rather than commercial retail.

• Planinski dom Sveti Peter mountain hut

• Planinski dom pri Gospodični mountain hut

• Alpinistični odsek (climbing section)

• Mala šola planinstva (small school of mountaineering)

• Trdinova učna pot (Trdinov educational trail)

1. 1Planinsko društvo Krka Novo mesto — official websiteplaninsko-drustvo-nm.si
2. 2Planinski društvo Krka Novo Mesto — Wikidatawikidata.org